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Compare the published Medicare service mix of Christopher Aaron Hess, M.D. with clinicians in the same registry specialty: Anesthesiology.

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2024 published service data · 500 eligible profiles compared. This search reached its 500-profile comparison limit, using NPI order. Narrow the location for a more focused comparison. Similarity describes billing patterns, not quality, outcomes, or suitability for your care.

Debra Reid Mccutcheon

Anesthesiology · Morehead City, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (64483)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
  • Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (64635)
81%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Jugal Mayank Dalal, MD

Anesthesiology · Charlotte, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (64483)
  • Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (64635)
  • Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint (64636)
75%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Edward Alan Lewis, MD

Anesthesiology · Hendersonville, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (64483)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
  • Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (64635)
74%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Dominika L James, M.D.

Anesthesiology · Chapel Hill, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (64483)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
  • Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (64635)
65%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Thomas J Weber, DO

Anesthesiology · Raleigh, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (64483)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
  • Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (64635)
65%Service-mix similarityView profile →

James Everett Hancock, MD

Anesthesiology · Concord, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (64483)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
  • Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (64635)
63%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Maryam Jowza, M.D.

Anesthesiology · Chapel Hill, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (64483)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
  • Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (64635)
56%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Richard Weaver, DO

Anesthesiology · Greenville, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (64483)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
  • Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (64635)
52%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Neal Michael Goldberger, MD

Anesthesiology · Charlotte, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
  • Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance (27096)
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more (99204)
48%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Girish N Makwana, M.D.

Anesthesiology · Conover, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
  • Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance (27096)
  • Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement (77002)
43%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Brian Keith Thwaites, MD

Anesthesiology · Pinehurst, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (64483)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
  • Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (64635)
42%Service-mix similarityView profile →

James Vincent Winkley, MD

Anesthesiology · Pinehurst, NC

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (64483)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
  • Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (64635)
39%Service-mix similarityView profile →
How this comparison works

We use the same calendar year of CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners data for both providers. Published non-drug service counts are combined by HCPCS code across places of service. We apply log(1 + count), normalize the vectors, and compare them using cosine similarity.

Candidates share the reference provider’s current NPPES primary taxonomy and match the location you enter. We examine up to 500 candidates in NPI order, then show up to 12 with the highest positive similarity within that set. The score is not a percentile, medical recommendation, or prediction. Suppressed services are not estimated. Medicare fee-for-service data does not describe a provider’s entire practice.

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service : 2024-12-01 · Published May 21, 2026.