Dr. Christopher Ang Sy, MD

  • Sugarland, TX
  • Neurosurgeon
NPI1619393691PAC ID0547550352
Medicare services, 2024
367
Medicare patients, 2024
201
Part D claims, 2024
208
Publications
13
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugarland, TX 77479
Practice phone
Call (281) 274-8000
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Primary practice

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital

Hospital · Sugarland, Texas

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Dr. Christopher Ang Sy is a neurosurgeon in Sugarland, Texas

Dr. Sy practices at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in Sugarland, Texas, part of Houston Methodist.

Dr. Sy's NPI, 1619393691, was assigned on March 13, 2014. Dr. Sy graduated from Wayne State University School Of Medicine in 2015. Dr. Sy's Texas license number on file is S8393.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0547550352
NPI enumeration date
March 13, 2014
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(281) 274-8000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
37
Medical school graduation
2015

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

Dr. Christopher Ang Sy practices at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in Sugarland, Texas

Dr. Sy's primary practice is Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, at 16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugarland, TX 77479 in Fort Bend County. The practice phone is (281) 274-8000.

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Dr. Christopher Ang Sy is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Sy's primary practice is Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in Sugarland, Texas, part of Houston Methodist. Dr. Sy is also affiliated with Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital. The medical group on file is Houston Methodist. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sy to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 urgent care center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Christopher Ang Sy's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Houston Methodist Sugar Land HospitalAvailable with a free account
+7 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Christopher Ang Sy is one of 603 neurosurgeons in Texas

Neurological surgery is Dr. Sy's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Sy's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Neurological surgery, TexasPrimaryLicense S8393 · 2020 to 2025 · taxonomy 207T00000X
  • California licenseLicense A176192 · 2022 to 2024

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists lower back pain and thoracic spine disorders among the conditions Dr. Sy treats.

Neurosurgeons near Dr. Sy

Counts of neurosurgeons 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 Ang Sy billed Medicare for 367 services in 2024

CMS data shows 367 Medicare services from Dr. Sy across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 201 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $34,556 for them.

Medicare services, 2024367
Medicare patients201
Paid by Medicare$34,556
Procedure codes6

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 572024: 367544%

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

  • In an office28177%
  • In a facility8623%

Dr. Sy compared with the Texas median for neurosurgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Sy
  • Texas median
Medicare services
367vs 21273% above
Medicare patients
201vs 13846% above
Part D claims
171vs 582.9 times

Medians across 518 neurosurgeons in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Sy'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 Ang Sy treated 201 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 201 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sy in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 91 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.62, 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. Sy's median patient age at 71, with 60% women.

Medicare patients, 2024201
Average age75
Average risk score1.62
Also on Medicaid9%

Dr. Sy's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Sy's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women10452%
  • Men9748%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes43%
  5. Ischemic heart disease41%
  6. Chronic kidney disease34%
  7. Mood disorders32%
  8. Anxiety30%

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

Dr. Sy's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women60%
  • Men39%

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

Dr. Christopher Ang Sy wrote 208 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Sy wrote 208 Medicare Part D claims for 98 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 171 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,480 in total drug cost. In 2018, CMS named 11 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 2024208
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$2,480
Part D patients98

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

  • Opioids13%28 of 208 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, 2018 to 2024

  • 2018
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2018: 112024: 1711455%

Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 1 in 2018.

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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 Ang Sy ranks in the 53rd percentile for spinal fusion in Medicare

Dr. Sy accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 44 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Sy, more than 53% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Sy ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Spinal fusion
53rd percentile44 procedures
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
51st percentile22 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Christopher Ang Sy has 13 publications on record

Dmand AI links 13 papers to Dr. Sy, published from 2012 to 2022. 2014 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Stroke, Brain and Brain Ischemia. Dr. Sy has published most often in Neurol Res. Dr. Sy's most frequent co-authors are Ramesh Grandhi, MD, Geoffrey William Peitz, MD and Andrew Jacob Brenner, MD, PhD.

Papers13
Years published2012 to 2022

Dr. Sy's papers by year, 2012 to 2022

Topics Dr. Sy writes about most

  • Stroke
  • Brain
  • Brain Ischemia
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Ethanol
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Random Allocation
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Dr. Sy's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Sy

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

Dr. Christopher Ang Sy received $81,893 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 56 general payments to Dr. Sy from 15 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Grants make up the largest share, 92% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $76,072.

General payments to Dr. Sy by program year, 2017 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Sy by kind, 2017 to 2025

$81.9Kin total
  • Grants$75,00092%
  • Travel and lodging$4,3485%
  • Food and beverage$2,5453%

Companies that paid Dr. Sy the most, 2017 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 Ang Sy has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Sy, most recently Alpha Omega Alpha in 2014.

Awards and honors for Dr. Sy

  1. 2014
    • Alpha Omega Alpha
  2. 2013
    • Gold Humanism Honor Society

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Christopher Ang Sy graduated from Wayne State University School Of Medicine

Dr. Sy graduated from Wayne State University School Of Medicine in 2015.

  1. Medical schoolWayne State University School Of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Christopher Ang Sy accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers

Dr. Sy is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Sy accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO12
  2. Medicare11
  3. HMO10
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Christopher Ang Sy'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)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)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
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 Ang Sy's NPI number?

Dr. Christopher Ang Sy's NPI number is 1619393691. It was assigned on March 13, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Christopher Ang Sy?

Dr. Christopher Ang Sy is a neurosurgeon in Sugarland, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurological Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207T00000X).

Where does Dr. Christopher Ang Sy practice?

Dr. Sy practices at 16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugarland, TX 77479. Dr. Sy's primary practice is Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in Sugarland, Texas, part of Houston Methodist. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sy to 3 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 urgent care center and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Christopher Ang Sy's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Sy is (281) 274-8000.

What is Dr. Christopher Ang Sy's medical license number?

Dr. Sy's Texas license number on file is S8393, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Christopher Ang Sy been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Sy in Texas (2020 to 2025) and California (2022 to 2024).

Which hospitals is Dr. Christopher Ang Sy affiliated with?

Dr. Sy practices at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in Sugarland, Texas. Dr. Sy is also affiliated with Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Sy to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Christopher Ang Sy part of?

Dr. Sy is linked to Houston Methodist. Dmand AI links Dr. Sy to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Christopher Ang Sy accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Sy billed Medicare for 367 services in 2024, and Dr. Sy accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Christopher Ang Sy see?

CMS counts 201 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sy in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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What services does Dr. Christopher Ang Sy bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Sy's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204), office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Christopher Ang Sy go to medical school?

Dr. Sy graduated from Wayne State University School Of Medicine in 2015.

What drugs does Dr. Christopher Ang Sy prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Sy's most prescribed drugs by claims were Methocarbamol, Celecoxib and Methylprednisolone.

Has Dr. Christopher Ang Sy received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $81,893 in general payments to Dr. Sy from 15 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic, Inc.

How long has Dr. Christopher Ang Sy been practicing?

Dr. Sy graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.

Does Dr. Christopher Ang Sy do research?

Dmand AI links 13 publications to Dr. Sy, published from 2012 to 2022.

Who does Dr. Christopher Ang Sy publish with?

Dr. Sy's most frequent co-authors are Ramesh Grandhi, MD (4 shared papers), Geoffrey William Peitz, MD (2 shared papers) and Andrew Jacob Brenner, MD, PhD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Christopher Ang Sy accept?

Dr. Sy is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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