Christina Le-Short, MD
Pain Management · Houston
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 2
- 2 carriers
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · Merion Square Road Medical PC · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation
Plans that list them
2 plans · 2 carriers
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2 of 2 plans
| Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
State licence records
2 licences
- New Jersey 25MA11651800Medical Doctor · since 2022 · expires 2027-06-30ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
- Texas Q4173Physician License · since 2015 · expires 2027-05-31ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
We check Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, plus California above. A state that is not in this list has not been checked, which is not the same as clear.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$12,258
Medicare paid this office $12,258 for 28 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 22 | $7,050 | $98 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 19 | $2,218 | $117 |
| Care management services for behavioral health conditions, 20 minutes or more clinical staff time directed by health care professional | 19 | $834 | $42 |
| Assessment of emotional or behavioral problems | 20 | $286 | $4 |
Who their Medicare patients are
28 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 66 · Health risk score 1.06. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.
Conditions among them: Depression 75% · High blood pressure 61%.
The office billed $23,715, Medicare allowed $16,140 and paid $12,258; for 205 services of 8 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
| 2024 | 28 | 205 | 66 | 1.06 | $23,715 | $12,258 |
| 2022 | 72 | 87 | 69 | 3.04 | $33,845 | $5,024 |
| 2021 | 156 | 366 | 70 | 2.70 | $162,942 | $25,744 |
| 2020 | 196 | 522 | 68 | 3.00 | $214,029 | $33,060 |
| 2019 | 255 | 621 | 68 | 2.93 | $311,282 | $41,275 |
| 2018 | 275 | 774 | 68 | 3.18 | $364,449 | $52,843 |
| 2017 | 238 | 570 | 68 | 2.87 | $250,380 | $39,613 |
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
2022: 1 service
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 17 | $1,438 | $85 |
2021: 9 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 33 | $3,789 | $82 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 32 | $3,153 | $77 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | 24 | $2,073 | $77 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 18 | $1,935 | $107 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 25 | $1,840 | $56 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 15 | $1,688 | $113 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | 13 | $1,239 | $83 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 19 | $1,151 | $50 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 14 | $1,004 | $56 |
2020: 11 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 48 | $5,085 | $106 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 57 | $4,219 | $57 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 25 | $2,875 | $59 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 29 | $2,395 | $43 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 36 | $2,138 | $42 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 16 | $1,828 | $114 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 16 | $1,469 | $86 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | 16 | $1,382 | $66 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | 12 | $987 | $66 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 16 | $930 | $40 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 12 | $511 | $39 |
2019: 8 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 68 | $7,002 | $56 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 55 | $4,803 | $59 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 37 | $3,696 | $100 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 54 | $3,207 | $39 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 27 | $2,984 | $111 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 27 | $2,708 | $100 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 14 | $1,679 | $84 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 17 | $909 | $38 |
2018: 9 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 84 | $12,568 | $60 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 51 | $4,950 | $60 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 59 | $3,844 | $38 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 35 | $3,611 | $103 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 34 | $3,496 | $103 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 29 | $3,070 | $106 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $1,896 | $158 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 39 | $1,750 | $34 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 14 | $1,520 | $84 |
2017: 10 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 57 | $6,826 | $62 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 48 | $4,761 | $99 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 45 | $4,018 | $61 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 24 | $2,459 | $102 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 43 | $2,294 | $40 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 38 | $1,771 | $39 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 16 | $1,659 | $104 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 21 | $1,271 | $61 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 15 | $1,202 | $80 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 14 | $848 | $61 |
Money from drug and device companies
$207 in 2019
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Avanos Medical | Coolief* Cooled Radiofrequency | $115 | 1 payment
|
| Medtronic USA | Intellis | $92 | 1 payment
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See all 2 published payments
| Avanos Medical | Meals · 2019-04-18 | Coolief* Cooled Radiofrequency | $115 |
| Medtronic USA | Meals · 2019-03-21 | Intellis | $92 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1932499423
- Licence
- NJ 25MA11651800, NY 319616, TX Q4173New Jersey 25MA11651800: ActiveTexas Q4173: Active
- Trained
- Tulane University School of Medicine, 2011
- Group
- Merion Square Road Medical PC · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207LP2900X (207LP2900X)
- Mailing address
- Po Box 276950, Sacramento, CA, 95827
- NPI first listed
- 2011-04-18
- NPI last updated
- 2025-10-24
- NPI record certified
- 2025-10-24
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, 94301