Dr. Christopher M. Godell, MD

  • Leander, TX
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1164407615PAC ID0042247629
Medicare services, 2024
717
Medicare patients, 2024
382
Part D claims, 2024
1,141
Publications
3
MIPS score, 2024
80
Practice address
1361 Hero Way Suite 100, Leander, TX 78641
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Primary practice

Austin Endoscopy Center Leander

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Leander, Texas

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Dr. Christopher M. Godell is a gastroenterologist in Leander, Texas

Dr. Godell practices at Austin Endoscopy Center Leander in Leander, Texas.

Dr. Godell's NPI, 1164407615, was assigned on December 7, 2005. Dr. Godell graduated from UTMB Health in 1999. Dr. Godell holds Texas license M1113.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0042247629
NPI enumeration date
December 7, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
53
Medical school graduation
1999

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Christopher M. Godell practices at Austin Endoscopy Center Leander in Leander, Texas

Dr. Godell's primary practice is Austin Endoscopy Center Leander, at 1361 Hero Way Suite 100, Leander, TX 78641.

  • Austin Endoscopy Center Leander
    1361 Hero Way Suite 100, Leander, TX 78641

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Dr. Christopher M. Godell is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Godell's primary practice is Austin Endoscopy Center Leander in Leander, Texas. Dr. Godell is also affiliated with St. David's Medical Center. The medical group on file is Austin Gastroenterology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Godell to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Christopher M. Godell's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Godell practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Austin Endoscopy Center LeanderAvailable with a free account
+3 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Christopher M. Godell is one of 1,341 gastroenterologists in Texas

Gastroenterology is Dr. Godell's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Godell is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Godell's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Ohio.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, TexasPrimaryLicense M1113 · 2005 to 2027 · taxonomy 207RG0100X
  • Ohio license1999 to 2007

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute gastroduodenitis, chronic indigestion, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cirrhosis of the liver, colonoscopy, fatty liver and gastroduodenitis among the conditions Dr. Godell treats.

Gastroenterologists near Dr. Godell

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1,341gastroenterologists in Texas
6gastroenterologists in Leander

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Christopher M. Godell billed Medicare for 717 services in 2024

CMS data shows 717 Medicare services from Dr. Godell across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 382 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $67,031 for them.

Medicare services, 2024717
Medicare patients382
Paid by Medicare$67,031
Procedure codes10

Dr. Godell's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 3062024: 36118%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3062024: 3184%
Other services
2023: 212024: 3881%

Where Dr. Godell's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office31844%
  • In a facility39956%

Dr. Godell compared with the Texas median for gastroenterologists, 2024

  • Dr. Godell
  • Texas median
Medicare services
717vs 50542% above
Medicare patients
382vs 28435% above
Part D claims
961vs 49395% above

Medians across 1,281 gastroenterologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Godell'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 M. Godell treated 382 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 382 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Godell in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 203 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.04, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Godell's median patient age at 60, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024382
Average age74
Average risk score1.04

Dr. Godell's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Godell's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women20854%
  • Men17446%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Godell's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure73%
  3. Arthritis45%
  4. Ischemic heart disease31%
  5. Diabetes27%
  6. Cancer20%
  7. Anxiety19%
  8. Mood disorders18%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Godell's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 60

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men46%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Christopher M. Godell wrote 1,141 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Godell wrote 1,141 Medicare Part D claims for 353 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 961 of them, across 23 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $136,825 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 764 claims across 17 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,141
Drugs named by CMS23
Total drug cost$136,825
Part D patients353

Dr. Godell's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic933 claims82%
  • Brand-name208 claims18%

Dr. Godell'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. Godell's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics4%50 of 1,141 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: 7642024: 96126%

Drugs named by CMS: 23 in 2024, 17 in 2023.

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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

Dr. Christopher M. Godell scored 80 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 80 out of 100 for Dr. Godell for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Godell accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Godell as offering telehealth. CMS counts 234 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Godell, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Godell's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 80of 100Final score
  • 57.9of 100Quality
  • 96of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 79of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Godell ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Colonoscopy
95th percentile234 procedures
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
86th percentile159 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Christopher M. Godell has 3 publications on record

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Godell. The most frequent topics are Astacoidea, Axons and Cell Membrane. Dr. Godell has published most often in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Dr. Godell's most frequent co-author is Christopher S. Eddleman, MD, PhD.

Papers3

Topics Dr. Godell writes about most

  • Astacoidea
  • Axons
  • Cell Membrane

Dr. Godell's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Godell

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Christopher M. Godell received $9,305 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 585 general payments to Dr. Godell from 45 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $3,612.

General payments to Dr. Godell by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Godell by kind, 2016 to 2025

$9.3Kin total
  • Food and beverage$9,25399%
  • Education$521%

Companies that paid Dr. Godell the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Christopher M. Godell graduated from UTMB Health

Dr. Godell graduated from UTMB Health in 1999.

  1. Medical schoolUTMB Health
  2. Board certified in gastroenterologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Christopher M. Godell accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers

Dr. Godell is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Humana
  • +8 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Godell accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. Medicare8
  3. HMO7
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Christopher M. Godell's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Christopher M. Godell's NPI number?

Dr. Christopher M. Godell's NPI number is 1164407615. It was assigned on December 7, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Christopher M. Godell?

Dr. Christopher M. Godell is a gastroenterologist in Leander, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Dr. Christopher M. Godell practice?

Dr. Godell practices at 1361 Hero Way Suite 100, Leander, TX 78641. Dr. Godell's primary practice is Austin Endoscopy Center Leander in Leander, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Godell to 1 hospital and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Christopher M. Godell's medical license number?

Dr. Godell holds Texas license M1113, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Christopher M. Godell been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Godell in Texas (2005 to 2027) and Ohio (1999 to 2007).

Which hospitals is Dr. Christopher M. Godell affiliated with?

Dr. Godell is affiliated with St. David's Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Godell to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Christopher M. Godell part of?

Dr. Godell is linked to Austin Gastroenterology.

Does Dr. Christopher M. Godell accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Godell billed Medicare for 717 services in 2024, and Dr. Godell accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Christopher M. Godell offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Godell as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Christopher M. Godell's MIPS score?

Dr. Godell's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 80 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Christopher M. Godell see?

CMS counts 382 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Godell in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Dr. Christopher M. Godell board certified?

Yes. Dr. Godell is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Christopher M. Godell bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Godell's most billed Medicare services were surgery: digestive system (45380), office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Christopher M. Godell go to medical school?

Dr. Godell graduated from UTMB Health in 1999.

What drugs does Dr. Christopher M. Godell prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Godell's most prescribed drugs by claims were Pantoprazole Sodium, Omeprazole and Esomeprazole Magnesium.

Has Dr. Christopher M. Godell received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $9,305 in general payments to Dr. Godell from 45 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Christopher M. Godell been practicing?

Dr. Godell graduated from medical school in 1999, 27 years ago.

Does Dr. Christopher M. Godell do research?

Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Godell.

Who does Dr. Christopher M. Godell publish with?

Dr. Godell's most frequent co-authors are Christopher S. Eddleman, MD, PhD (2 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Christopher M. Godell accept?

Dr. Godell is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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