Dr. Christian Jay Gaffney, MD

Dr. Gaffney practices at Black Hills Surgical Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota, part of Sanford Health.

Dr. Gaffney's NPI, 1972860534, was assigned on April 19, 2012. Dr. Gaffney graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2011. Dr. Gaffney holds South Dakota license 11207.

Dr. Gaffney's primary practice is Black Hills Surgical Hospital, at 216 Anamaria Dr, Rapid City, SD 57703 in Pennington County. The practice phone is (605) 721-4700.

Dr. Gaffney's primary practice is Black Hills Surgical Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota, part of Sanford Health. Dr. Gaffney is also affiliated with Monument Health Rapid City Hospital. The medical group on file is Black Hills Surgical Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gaffney to 3 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gaffney practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Gaffney's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Gaffney is licensed in South Dakota.

CMS data shows 1,149 Medicare services from Dr. Gaffney across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 391 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $218,227 for them.

CMS counts 391 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gaffney in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 214 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 74% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.93, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Gaffney's median patient age at 71, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Gaffney wrote 115 Medicare Part D claims for 81 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 89 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $777 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 65 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Gaffney for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Gaffney accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Gaffney as offering telehealth. CMS counts 511 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Gaffney, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Gaffney, published from 2014 to 2017. 2014 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Patient Satisfaction, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee and Reoperation. Dr. Gaffney's most frequent co-authors are John M. Dawson, MD, Benjamin Mueller, MD, PhD and Christopher L. Peters, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 159 general payments to Dr. Gaffney from 22 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 79% of the total. Globus Medical, Inc. paid the most, $13,521.

Dr. Gaffney graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2011.