Dr. Christopher E. Hester, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 251
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 114
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,689
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Industry payments
- $3,583
- Practice address
- 141 Medical Park Ln, Bellefonte, PA 16823-9112
- Practice phone
- Call (814) 355-7322
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Mount Nittany Physician Group
Multi-specialty group site · Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
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Dr. Christopher E. Hester is an internist in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Dr. Hester practices at Mount Nittany Physician Group in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Hester's NPI, 1407819162, was assigned on April 11, 2006. Dr. Hester graduated from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 1993. Dr. Hester holds Pennsylvania license MD058787L.
- NPI
- 1407819162NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7012052517
- NPI enumeration date
- April 11, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (814) 355-7322
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 59
- Medical school graduation
- 1993
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Christopher E. Hester practices at Mount Nittany Physician Group in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Dr. Hester's primary practice is Mount Nittany Physician Group, at 141 Medical Park Ln, Bellefonte, PA 16823-9112. The practice phone is (814) 355-7322.
- Mount Nittany Physician Group141 Medical Park Ln, Bellefonte, PA 16823-9112Phone(814) 355-7322
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Christopher E. Hester is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Hester's primary practice is Mount Nittany Physician Group in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hester is also affiliated with Geisinger Medical Center. The medical group on file is Mount Nittany Physician Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hester to 1 more hospital, 3 home health agencies, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Christopher E. Hester's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hester practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Mount Nittany Physician Group | Available with a free account |
| +7 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Christopher E. Hester is one of 5,665 internists in Pennsylvania
Internal medicine is Dr. Hester's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Hester is licensed in Pennsylvania.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, PennsylvaniaPrimary
Internists near Dr. Hester
Counts of internists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Christopher E. Hester billed Medicare for 251 services in 2024
CMS data shows 251 Medicare services from Dr. Hester across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 114 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $21,787 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Hester's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1772024: 10839%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 842024: 7412%
- Other services
- 2023: 1612024: 6957%
Dr. Hester compared with the Pennsylvania median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Hester
- Pennsylvania median
- Medicare services
- 251vs 41740% below
- Medicare patients
- 114vs 18538% below
- Part D claims
- 1,377vs 2246.1 times
Medians across 5,518 internists in Pennsylvania with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Hester's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Christopher E. Hester treated 114 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 114 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hester in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 50 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hester's median patient age at 63, with 58% women.
Dr. Hester's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Hester's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women5548%
- Men5952%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Hester's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis45%
- Diabetes33%
- Chronic kidney disease29%
- Ischemic heart disease22%
- Cancer17%
- Mood disorders16%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Hester's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 63
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women58%
- Men42%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Christopher E. Hester wrote 1,689 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Hester wrote 1,689 Medicare Part D claims for 331 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,377 of them, across 52 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $156,318 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,353 claims across 67 drugs.
Dr. Hester's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,452 claims86%
- Brand-name and other237 claims14%
Dr. Hester's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Hester's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids1%20 of 1,689 claims
- Antibiotics2%32 of 1,689 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over2%26 of 1,689 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 2,3532024: 1,37741%
Drugs named by CMS: 52 in 2024, 67 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
How Dr. Christopher E. Hester takes part in Medicare
Dr. Hester accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Christopher E. Hester received $3,583 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 225 general payments to Dr. Hester from 29 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $530.
General payments to Dr. Hester by program year, 2016 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Hester the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Christopher E. Hester graduated from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Dr. Hester graduated from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 1993.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Christopher E. Hester's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Christopher E. Hester's NPI number?
Dr. Christopher E. Hester's NPI number is 1407819162. It was assigned on April 11, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Christopher E. Hester?
Dr. Christopher E. Hester is an internist in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Christopher E. Hester practice?
Dr. Hester practices at 141 Medical Park Ln, Bellefonte, PA 16823-9112. Dr. Hester's primary practice is Mount Nittany Physician Group in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hester to 1 hospital, 3 home health agencies, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.
What is Dr. Christopher E. Hester's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Hester is (814) 355-7322.
What is Dr. Christopher E. Hester's medical license number?
Dr. Hester holds Pennsylvania license MD058787L.
Which hospitals is Dr. Christopher E. Hester affiliated with?
Dr. Hester is affiliated with Geisinger Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Hester to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Christopher E. Hester part of?
Dr. Hester is linked to Mount Nittany Physician Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Hester to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Christopher E. Hester accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Hester billed Medicare for 251 services in 2024, and Dr. Hester accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Christopher E. Hester see?
CMS counts 114 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hester in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Christopher E. Hester bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Hester's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G0439) and vaccine or vaccine administration (90480).
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Where did Dr. Christopher E. Hester go to medical school?
Dr. Hester graduated from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 1993.
What drugs does Dr. Christopher E. Hester prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Hester's most prescribed drugs by claims were Famotidine, Levothyroxine Sodium and Atorvastatin Calcium.
Has Dr. Christopher E. Hester received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $3,583 in general payments to Dr. Hester from 29 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
How long has Dr. Christopher E. Hester been practicing?
Dr. Hester graduated from medical school in 1993, 33 years ago.
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