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Leslie M Christie, NP

Nurse Practitioner · Palo Alto

NPI 1528039005

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3 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

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1 plan · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

Original Medicare doctor bills

$43,933

Medicare paid this office $43,933 for 118 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)117$41,361$86
Short return visit (20+ min)18$2,119$64

Who their Medicare patients are

118 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Women 89% · Also on Medicaid 22% · Health risk score 1.25. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 69% · Diabetes 36% · Depression 36% · Coronary heart disease 19% · Atrial fibrillation 18% · Heart failure 15% · Chronic kidney disease 15% · Cancer 13%.

The office billed $193,771, Medicare allowed $59,727 and paid $43,933; for 520 services of 4 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare by year
2024118520701.25$193,771$43,933
2023120493681.25$175,940$41,827
2022121496671.13$156,258$41,270
2021106529671.00$133,447$38,212
2020124517671.04$122,901$30,203
2019132436681.09$122,089$27,506
2018120356670.99$94,536$20,455
2017150413661.07$111,683$23,771
2016134545661.04$95,710$21,248
20151001,207651.11$58,368$12,327
2014121297661.02$66,008$14,843
2013184325700.94$67,909$14,731

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

See the services billed each year

2023: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)114$38,801$86
Short return visit (20+ min)14$1,360$57

2022: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)105$29,096$90
Short return visit (20+ min)55$7,193$63
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes13$1,666$72
New patient visit (45+ min)11$1,376$125

2021: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)63$17,837$61
Return visit (30+ min)76$14,396$92
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes20$4,286$67

2020: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)72$16,249$52
Return visit (30+ min)73$8,022$74
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes27$2,970$56
New patient visit (45+ min)16$1,714$107

2019: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Short return visit (20+ min)68$12,324$50
Return visit (30+ min)94$11,394$75
New patient visit (45+ min)18$2,051$114
Long return visit (40+ min)15$1,553$104

2018: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Short return visit (20+ min)56$9,353$48
Return visit (30+ min)82$7,516$67
New patient visit (45+ min)18$2,108$117
Long return visit (40+ min)13$1,189$91

2017: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Short return visit (20+ min)68$10,002$45
Return visit (30+ min)101$9,540$68
Long return visit (40+ min)26$2,507$96
New patient visit (45+ min)16$1,283$80

2016: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Short return visit (20+ min)55$7,788$49
Return visit (30+ min)87$7,276$69
Long return visit (40+ min)31$2,799$90
New patient visit (45+ min)24$2,679$112

2015: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Return visit (30+ min)68$5,553$66
Short return visit (20+ min)27$3,041$45
New patient visit (45+ min)17$1,862$110

2014: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Return visit (30+ min)74$6,376$63
Short return visit (20+ min)30$3,205$50
New patient visit (45+ min)17$1,941$114
Long return visit (40+ min)19$1,897$100

2013: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Return visit (30+ min)97$6,540$56
Short return visit (20+ min)61$2,512$39
New patient visit (45+ min)19$2,085$110

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$461,965

Pharmacies billed $461,965 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 712) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 0%.

311 generic and 380 brand-name prescriptions · $461,965 in drug cost.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

Largest Part D drug costs
Ozempic203$273,465$1,347
Mounjaro71$69,901$985
Trulicity32$47,137$1,473
Wegovy33$44,866$1,360
Rybelsus15$15,962$1,064
See all 13 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Ozempic203$273,465$1,347
Mounjaro71$69,901$985
Trulicity32$47,137$1,473
Wegovy33$44,866$1,360
Rybelsus15$15,962$1,064
Topiramate82$951$12
Nano 2nd Gen Pen Needle20$712$36
Metformin Hcl Er48$681$14
Naltrexone14$498$36
Omeprazole20$259$13
Vitamin D222$218$10
Hydrochlorothiazide13$180$14
Potassium Chloride11$132$12

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20247121110% (0)53%$461,965
20236711060% (0)56%$468,936
2022489830% (0)51%$276,879
2021488780% (0)None$160,542
2020340660% (0)21%$55,171
201925267NoneNone$21,320
201827660NoneNone$16,180
201725875NoneNone$7,595
2016193590% (0)None$6,161
2015246710% (0)None$15,188
2014436101NoneNone$39,964
20134491378% (35)None$22,169

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Ozempic201$261,909$1,303
Trulicity84$115,127$1,371
Mounjaro61$73,944$1,212
Topiramate78$1,249$16
Sucralfate12$539$45
Metformin Hcl Er46$492$11
Omeprazole24$414$17
Pramipexole Dihydrochloride12$323$27
Hydrochlorothiazide12$150$13
Metformin21$134$6
Levothyroxine11$94$9

2022: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Ozempic100$128,566$1,286
Trulicity114$121,299$1,064
Topiramate57$718$13
Metformin Hcl Er64$469$7
Metformin25$294$12
Omeprazole14$203$14
Levothyroxine11$116$11

2021: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Ozempic88$87,609$996
Trulicity60$64,082$1,068
Topiramate85$961$11
Metformin Hcl Er78$820$11
Metformin48$490$10
Levothyroxine17$312$18
Omeprazole11$132$12
Hydrochlorothiazide15$92$6

2020: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Ozempic28$22,966$820
Trulicity24$21,435$893
Metformin Hcl Er43$799$19
Metformin69$623$9
Naltrexone17$472$28
Topiramate43$468$11
Levothyroxine18$305$17
Omeprazole13$299$23
Hydrochlorothiazide11$54$5

2019: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Trulicity13$10,491$807
Metformin72$525$7
Levothyroxine17$374$22
Topiramate30$285$10
Omeprazole12$272$23
Metformin Hcl Er21$259$12
Lisinopril12$135$11

2018: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Trulicity13$10,083$776
Topiramate54$531$10
Levothyroxine18$489$27
Metformin56$327$6
Omeprazole14$260$19
Benazepril19$119$6
Atorvastatin11$55$5

2017: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Topiramate67$615$9
Levothyroxine18$465$26
Omeprazole22$305$14
Metformin33$258$8
Benazepril11$67$6

2016: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Topiramate75$452$6
Levothyroxine14$437$31
Omeprazole11$161$15
Metformin14$159$11

2015: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Synthroid19$1,057$56
Levothyroxine22$449$20
Atorvastatin18$441$25
Topiramate34$377$11
Omeprazole16$176$11
Metformin18$140$8
Hydrochlorothiazide14$83$6

2014: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Lantus12$3,228$269
Synthroid36$1,881$52
Levothyroxine37$574$16
Atorvastatin25$468$19
Bupropion Xl15$460$31
Metformin36$432$12
Omeprazole18$171$10
Lisinopril19$161$8
Topiramate11$154$14
Simvastatin15$144$10

2013: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Atorvastatin11$401$36
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen22$336$15
Zolpidem33$328$10
Omeprazole21$266$13
Hydrochlorothiazide14$202$14
Levothyroxine13$187$14
Lisinopril16$120$7
Azithromycin11$112$10
Citalopram Hbr22$106$5
Amitriptyline20$83$4
Alprazolam17$65$4

Money from drug and device companies

$302 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202523None$302
202312None$50

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Abbott LaboratoriesFreestyle Libre 3$180
2 payments
  • Meals for Freestyle Libre 3 · 2025-04-09 · $97
  • Meals for Freestyle Libre 3 · 2025-03-26 · $83
Novo NordiskWegovy$121
1 payment
  • Meals for Wegovy · 2025-04-01 · $121
See all 3 published payments
Every published payment
Abbott LaboratoriesMeals · 2025-04-09Freestyle Libre 3$97
Novo NordiskMeals · 2025-04-01Wegovy$121
Abbott LaboratoriesMeals · 2025-03-26Freestyle Libre 3$83
See earlier years (2023)

2023: $50

Payments by company in 2023
Currax PharmaceuticalsNexletol$50
2 payments
  • Education for Nexletol · 2023-11-03 · $25
  • Education for Nexletol · 2023-11-03 · $25

Professional record

NPI
1528039005
Licence
CA NP7429
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Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Nurse practitioner (363L00000X); Federal specialty code 364S00000X (364S00000X)
Mailing address
2025 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, 95062
NPI first listed
2006-01-31
NPI last updated
2015-08-17

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.