Physician

Christian Shults, MD

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Christian Shults, MD (NPI: 1083871081) practices cardiac surgery in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Washington, MD. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is MEDSTAR HEART INSTITUTE LLC (NPI: 1528345378; TIN: 453688816) and primary practice location at 20010-2975.

Shults' data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 198 traditional Medicare patients, billed 497 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $414,480 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 33534 (Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 2 grafts). Part D data shows 38 prescription claims across 25 beneficiaries totaling $1,762 in drug costs. 2023 DME data shows 14 claims. Open Payments data shows 64 records totaling $115,367. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider's Medicare Part B carrier billing has changed little. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs have moved up and down with repeated peaks and valleys, starting at $940 and ending at $1,762. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Year	Patients	Clm Lines	Payment
2015	259	519	$363,405
2016	294	526	$383,116
2017	311	518	$378,491
2018	362	635	$459,625
2019	348	681	$498,292
2020	278	638	$447,697
2021	284	643	$428,785
2022	279	792	$442,979
2023	265	706	$434,053
2024	198	497	$414,480

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	16	31	$940
2016	13	19	$427
2017	17	32	$2,208
2018	17	36	$757
2019	31	45	$1,937
2020	20	51	$3,727
2021	17	36	$6,223
2022	24	48	$2,161
2023	32	45	$2,868
2024	25	38	$1,762

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

Year	Patients	Claims	Payment
2015	N/R	N/R	N/R
2016	N/R	N/R	N/R
2017	N/R	N/R	N/R
2018	N/R	N/R	N/R
2019	N/R	N/R	N/R
2020	N/R	N/R	N/R
2021	N/R	N/R	N/R
2022	N/R	11	$72
2023	N/R	14	$568
2024	N/R	N/R	N/R

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

Code	Description	Patients	Clm Lines	Total Payment
33534	Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 2 grafts	26	26	$1,895
33533	Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft	40	40	$1,484
33361	Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery	70	70	$678
93314	Interpretation and report of ultrasound of heart	74	74	$80
33508	Harvest of vein using an endoscope	70	70	$15

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

Part D summary data is connected for 2024, but public drug-level costs are not available, so a Top 5 by total drug costs cannot be shown.

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary in 2024

Category	Definition	Records	Total Reported Amount	Top Related Entity
General Payments	Reported payment or transfer-of-value amount.	40	$40,148	ATRICURE, INC.
Research Payments	Reported research-related payment or transfer-of-value amount.	24	$75,219	Bolton Medical Inc
Ownership / Investment Interests	Reported value of ownership or investment interests.	0	$0	N/R

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FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Christian Shults, MD?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Christian Shults, MD (NPI 1083871081), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Christian Shults, MD have ACO affiliation data?

No ACO affiliation record is shown in the available Tedicare data for this profile.

What billing organization is linked to Christian Shults, MD?

Christian Shults, MD is linked to MEDSTAR HEART INSTITUTE LLC (billing NPI 1528345378) in the available physician profile data.

Does Christian Shults, MD have Open Payments data?

Christian Shults, MD has 64 connected Open Payments records in the available 2024 summary data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.