Physician

Christopher T Salerno

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Christopher Salerno (NPI: 1245259837) practices thoracic surgery in the Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Cook, IL. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (NPI: 1821048786; TIN: 36-2177139) and primary practice location at 60637-1447. Salerno is affiliated with the UCMCNACO, LLC (ACO ID: A3531), participating under the MSSP model.

Salerno's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 95 traditional Medicare patients, billed 207 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $168,979 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 33405 (Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine). 2023 Part D data shows 16 prescription claims totaling $2,068 in drug costs. 2017 DME data shows 14 claims. Open Payments data shows 61 records totaling $20,003. 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 $3,356 and ending at $2,068. 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	180	816	$226,968
2016	190	677	$215,804
2017	212	490	$245,481
2018	155	347	$172,731
2019	156	349	$186,381
2020	153	416	$186,497
2021	101	385	$156,419
2022	82	233	$183,784
2023	83	185	$160,860
2024	95	207	$168,979

Part D Events Trend

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

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	33	76	$3,356
2016	34	80	$2,392
2017	31	65	$3,919
2018	30	59	$510
2019	28	60	$975
2020	34	94	$859
2021	16	46	$1,704
2022	N/R	15	$27,726
2023	N/R	16	$2,068
2024	N/R	N/R	N/R

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	14	$274
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	N/R	N/R
2023	N/R	N/R	N/R
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
33405	Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine	13	13	$1,491
33533	Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft	24	24	$1,382
99205	New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more	42	42	$170
33508	Harvest of vein using an endoscope	25	25	$15

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

No connected Part D drug-level records for 2024.

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.	61	$20,003	Abbott Laboratories
Research Payments	Reported research-related payment or transfer-of-value amount.	0	$0	N/R
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 Christopher T. Salerno?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Christopher T. Salerno (NPI 1245259837), 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 Christopher T. Salerno have ACO affiliation data?

Christopher T. Salerno is shown with ACO affiliation data for UCMCNACO, LLC (MSSP, ACO ID A3531).

What billing organization is linked to Christopher T. Salerno?

Christopher T. Salerno is linked to UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (billing NPI 1821048786) in the available physician profile data.

Does Christopher T. Salerno have Open Payments data?

Christopher T. Salerno has 61 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.