Dr. Christopher Ian Phelps, MD

Dr. Phelps practices at Legent Outpatient Surgery Singing Hills, LLC in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Phelps' NPI, 1700075637, was assigned on October 16, 2007. Dr. Phelps graduated from Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Phelps holds Texas license M7522.

Dr. Phelps' primary practice is Legent Outpatient Surgery Singing Hills, LLC, at 1141 N Loop 1604 E, San Antonio, TX 78232 in Bexar County. The practice phone is (830) 326-4099.

Dr. Phelps' primary practice is Legent Outpatient Surgery Singing Hills, LLC in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Phelps is also affiliated with Baptist Medical Center. The medical group on file is Surgical Oncology Associates of South Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Phelps to 4 more hospitals, 5 home health agencies and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Phelps practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Phelps' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Phelps is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Phelps is licensed in Texas.

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, bursitis, enthesopathy in arms, fluid in a joint, hand joint or tendon inflammation, hip replacement and joint arthropathy among the conditions Dr. Phelps treats.

CMS data shows 4,841 Medicare services from Dr. Phelps across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,016 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $541,443 for them.

CMS counts 1,016 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Phelps in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 560 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Phelps' median patient age at 71, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Phelps wrote 2,272 Medicare Part D claims for 703 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,148 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $11,752 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,703 claims across 14 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 21 out of 100 for Dr. Phelps for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Phelps accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 229 procedures of knee replacement by Dr. Phelps, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Phelps in 2018. Dr. Phelps' most frequent co-authors are Vivek P. Kushwaha, MD and Rex A. Marco, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 63 general payments to Dr. Phelps from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 81% of the total. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. paid the most, $1,186.

Dr. Phelps graduated from Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in 2004.

Dr. Phelps is in network with 23 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.