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Dr. Benjamin E. Christians, DO
NPI1730617812PAC ID0143599944
- Medicare services, 2024
- 290
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 294
- Part D claims, 2024
- 92
- Publications
- 2
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 1325 S Cliff Ave Post Office Box 5045, Sioux Falls, SD 57117
- Practice phone
- Call (605) 322-8000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Dr. Benjamin E. Christians is an emergency medicine physician in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Dr. Christians practices at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, part of Avera Health.
Dr. Christians' NPI, 1730617812, was assigned on June 1, 2017. Dr. Christians graduated from Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in 2017. Dr. Christians holds Iowa license R-10939.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1730617812NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0143599944
- NPI enumeration date
- June 1, 2017
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (605) 322-8000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 35
- Medical school graduation
- 2017
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Benjamin E. Christians practices at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Dr. Christians' primary practice is Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, at 1325 S Cliff Ave Post Office Box 5045, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 in Minnehaha County. The practice phone is (605) 322-8000.
- Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center1325 S Cliff Ave Post Office Box 5045, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 · Minnehaha CountyPhone(605) 322-8000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Benjamin E. Christians is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Christians' primary practice is Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, part of Avera Health. Dr. Christians is also affiliated with Avera Heart Hospital. The medical group on file is Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Christians to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.
Avera Heart HospitalAvera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center1 medical groupName with a free account
See all 4 affiliations for Dr. ChristiansSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Benjamin E. Christians' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Christians practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Benjamin E. Christians is one of 140 emergency medicine physicians in South Dakota
Emergency medicine is Dr. Christians' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Christians is licensed in Iowa.
Specialties and state licenses
- Emergency medicine, IowaPrimary
Emergency medicine physicians near Dr. Christians
Counts of emergency medicine physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
140emergency medicine physicians in South Dakota68emergency medicine physicians in Sioux Falls30emergency medicine physicians at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Benjamin E. Christians billed Medicare for 290 services in 2024
CMS data shows 290 Medicare services from Dr. Christians across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 294 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $30,556 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Medicare services, 2024290
Medicare patients294
Paid by Medicare$30,556
Procedure codes3
Dr. Christians' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3122024: 2907%
Dr. Christians compared with the South Dakota median for emergency medicine physicians, 2024
- Dr. Christians
- South Dakota median
- Medicare services
- 290vs 284Close to median
- Medicare patients
- 294vs 2718% above
- Part D claims
- 11vs 2861% below
Medians across 138 emergency medicine physicians in South Dakota with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Christians' 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. Benjamin E. Christians treated 294 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 294 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Christians in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 100 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.85, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Christians' median patient age at 45, with 54% women.
Medicare patients, 2024294
Average age74
Average risk score1.85
Also on Medicaid16%
Dr. Christians' Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Christians' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women18964%
- Men10536%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Christians' Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis49%
- Mood disorders41%
- Anxiety39%
- Chronic kidney disease39%
- Depression38%
- Ischemic heart disease35%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Christians' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 45
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women54%
- Men46%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Benjamin E. Christians wrote 92 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Christians wrote 92 Medicare Part D claims for 65 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $35 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 18 claims across 1 drug.
Part D claims, 202492
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$35
Part D patients65
Dr. Christians' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic88 claims96%
- Brand-name and other4 claims4%
Dr. Christians' 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. Christians' Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids16%15 of 92 claims
- Antibiotics34%31 of 92 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, 2021 to 2024
- 2021
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2021: 182024: 1139%
Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 in 2021.
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. Benjamin E. Christians takes part in Medicare
Dr. Christians accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Benjamin E. Christians has 2 publications on record
Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Christians, published from 2018 to 2020. Dr. Christians' most frequent co-authors are Christopher J. Solie, DO and Morgan Bobb Swanson, MD, PhD.
Papers2
Years published2018 to 2020
Dr. Christians' most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Christians
Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Benjamin E. Christians graduated from Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences
Dr. Christians graduated from Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in 2017.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Benjamin E. Christians'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 DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| 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. Benjamin E. Christians' NPI number?
Dr. Benjamin E. Christians' NPI number is 1730617812. It was assigned on June 1, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Benjamin E. Christians?
Dr. Benjamin E. Christians is an emergency medicine physician in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Emergency Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207P00000X).
Where does Dr. Benjamin E. Christians practice?
Dr. Christians practices at 1325 S Cliff Ave Post Office Box 5045, Sioux Falls, SD 57117. Dr. Christians' primary practice is Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, part of Avera Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Christians to 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Benjamin E. Christians' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Christians is (605) 322-8000.
What is Dr. Benjamin E. Christians' medical license number?
Dr. Christians holds Iowa license R-10939.
Which hospitals is Dr. Benjamin E. Christians affiliated with?
Dr. Christians practices at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dr. Christians is also affiliated with Avera Heart Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Benjamin E. Christians part of?
Dr. Christians is linked to Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Christians to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Benjamin E. Christians accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Christians billed Medicare for 290 services in 2024, and Dr. Christians accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Benjamin E. Christians see?
CMS counts 294 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Christians in 2024, with an average age of 74.
What services does Dr. Benjamin E. Christians bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Christians' most billed Medicare services were emergency department visit (99285), emergency department visit (99284) and emergency department visit (99283).
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Where did Dr. Benjamin E. Christians go to medical school?
Dr. Christians graduated from Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in 2017.
What drugs does Dr. Benjamin E. Christians prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Christians' most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.
How long has Dr. Benjamin E. Christians been practicing?
Dr. Christians graduated from medical school in 2017, 9 years ago.
Does Dr. Benjamin E. Christians do research?
Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Christians, published from 2018 to 2020.
Who does Dr. Benjamin E. Christians publish with?
Dr. Christians' most frequent co-authors are Christopher J. Solie, DO (1 shared paper) and Morgan Bobb Swanson, MD, PhD (1 shared paper).
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