Dr. Christopher Edwards, DO
What this data tells you about Dr. Edwards
Dr. Christopher Edwards is an internal medicine specialist in Jacksonville, FL, with 15 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Edwards performed 3,919 Medicare services across 2,741 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Edwards received a total of $12,115 from 53 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 316 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Edwards is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Florida License Status
FL DOH · MQA| Profession | License # | Status | Expires | Board Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osteopathic Physician | 12464 | Clear | March 31, 2028 | — |
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 804 | $92 | $325 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 516 | $43 | $108 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 384 | $89 | $118 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 260 | $6 | $10 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 216 | $47 | $177 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 196 | $312 | $1,178 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 189 | $123 | $496 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 177 | $10 | $43 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 104 | $111 | $423 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 89 | $65 | $228 |
| Destruction of first incompetent vein of arm or leg using radiofrequency and imaging guidance | 83 | $833 | $3,658 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 76 | $122 | $479 |
| Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 76 | $87 | $297 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 75 | $94 | $265 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 65 | $165 | $629 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure, each additional 15 minutes | 62 | $9 | $26 |
| Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts | 57 | $122 | $466 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 54 | $132 | $510 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 49 | $130 | $455 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 44 | $72 | $243 |
| Injection of chemical agent into single incompetent vein of leg using ultrasound guidance | 37 | $1,037 | $3,332 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 32 | $18 | $60 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 31 | $4 | $25 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 29 | $39 | $125 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 29 | $139 | $506 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 29 | $63 | $186 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | 26 | $19 | $65 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 21 | $31 | $84 |
| Complete ultrasound of abdomen and pelvis artery and vein blood flow | 20 | $206 | $685 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 20 | $83 | $282 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 17 | $105 | $350 |
| Injection of chemical agent into multiple incompetent veins of same leg using ultrasound guidance | 16 | $1,121 | $3,695 |
| Review by radiologist of abdominal aorta image | 12 | $92 | $330 |
| Review by radiologist of both arms or legs arteries image | 12 | $129 | $449 |
| Nuclear medicine study of heart pumping function by labeling red blood cells with measurement of internal blood volume ejected with every beat over multiple cycles | 12 | $149 | $572 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (75%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 6% for internal medicine in FL.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Edwards is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 10% in FL), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 6% of FL peers, with 15 years of NPI registration.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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