Physician

Leif C Christianson

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Leif Christianson (NPI: 1477715530) practices cardiology in the Duluth, MN-WI market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from St. Louis, MN. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF DULUTH (NPI: 1417909870; TIN: 410714079) and primary practice location at 55805-2107. Christianson is affiliated with the Caravan Collaborative Pathways (ACO ID: A4604), Collaborative ACO 30, LLC (ACO ID: A5483), and Essentia Health ACO, Inc. (ACO ID: A5617), participating under the MSSP model.

Christianson's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 971 traditional Medicare patients, billed 1,741 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $78,727 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 99214 (Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more). Part D data shows 1,652 prescription claims across 368 beneficiaries totaling $195,831 in drug costs, led by Eliquis (Apixaban). Open Payments data shows 36 records totaling $682. 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 did not follow a clear longitudinal pattern. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs have risen steadily, from $9,582 to $195,831. 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	N/R	N/R	N/R
2016	745	1,093	$32,466
2017	1,298	2,090	$67,015
2018	2,144	3,653	$100,497
2019	1,754	3,007	$98,105
2020	1,920	3,336	$96,054
2021	2,196	3,765	$93,315
2022	1,821	3,196	$95,321
2023	1,259	2,123	$78,349
2024	971	1,741	$78,727

Part D Events Trend

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

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	N/R	N/R	N/R
2016	58	170	$9,582
2017	124	763	$54,672
2018	235	1,457	$112,304
2019	298	1,663	$124,306
2020	318	1,753	$152,611
2021	366	1,857	$178,350
2022	388	1,931	$213,924
2023	383	1,837	$253,970
2024	368	1,652	$195,831

DME Billing Trend

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

No connected DME records

* / # = 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
99214	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	81	93	$69
93306	Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function	245	251	$49
93018	Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician	34	34	$10
99152	Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes	54	57	$9
93010	Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	641	768	$6

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

Drug	Generic	Claims	Total Day Supply	Total Drug Cost
Eliquis	Apixaban	81	5,152	$96,313
Repatha Sureclick	Evolocumab	32	1,176	$22,787
Jardiance	Empagliflozin	17	1,260	$19,864
Entresto	Sacubitril/Valsartan	12	716	$15,154
Metoprolol Succinate	Metoprolol Succinate	180	14,108	$4,167

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.	36	$682	Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
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 Leif C. Christianson?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Leif C. Christianson (NPI 1477715530), 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 Leif C. Christianson have ACO affiliation data?

Leif C. Christianson is shown with ACO affiliation data for Caravan Collaborative Pathways (MSSP, ACO ID A4604), Collaborative ACO 30, LLC (MSSP, ACO ID A5483), and Essentia Health ACO, Inc. (MSSP, ACO ID A5617).

What billing organization is linked to Leif C. Christianson?

Leif C. Christianson is linked to ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF DULUTH (billing NPI 1417909870) in the available physician profile data.

Does Leif C. Christianson have Open Payments data?

Leif C. Christianson has 36 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.