Cristina A. Aragona, JD MSPAS PA| Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery | MedStar Health
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Cristina A. Aragona

Cristina A. Aragona, JD MSPAS PA
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery

Languages: English

Clinical areas of focus

  • Aneurysm
  • Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
  • Carotid Endarterectomy
  • Hydrocephalus Shunting
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Proton Beam Radiosurgery
  • Skull Base Tumor
  • Spinal Disc Herniation
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Acoustic Neuroma
  • Adrenal Tumor
  • Aneurysm
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
  • Back Pain
  • Benign Essential Tremor
  • Brain Cyst
  • Brain Tumor
  • Carotid Stenosis
  • Cauda Equina Syndrome
  • Cervical Herniated Disc
  • Congenital Hydrocephalus
  • Craniopharyngioma
  • Craniosynostosis
  • Cutaneous Abscess
  • Epidural Hematoma
  • Epilepsy
  • Inflammatory Spondylopathies
  • Intervertebral Disc Disorders
  • Intracerebral Hemorrhage
  • Kyphosis
  • Lordosis
  • Lumbar Myelopathy
  • Malignant Brain Tumor
  • Meningioma
  • Menioma Brain Tumor
  • Moyamoya Disease
  • Omphalocele
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Scoliosis
  • Skull Base Tumor
  • Spinal Cord Diseases
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Spinal Disc Herniation
  • Spinal Infection
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Spine Osteoporosis
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Spondylolysis
  • Spondylosis
  • Sports Concussion
  • Syringomyelia
  • Thigh Fracture
  • Thoracic Spine Instability
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Vascular Malformation
  • Vertebral Compression Fracture
  • Vertebral Fractures
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Procedures I perform

  • Anterior Cervical Discectomy
  • Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Surgery
  • Brain Hemorrhage Surgery
  • Carotid Artery Angioplasty And Stenting
  • Carotid Endarterectomy
  • Carpal Tunnel Release
  • Cervical Laminectomy
  • Cervical Myelopathy Surgery
  • Cervical Spinal Cord Release
  • Chiari Malformation Treatment
  • Coil Embolization
  • Craniectomy For Abscess
  • Craniectomy For Hematoma Evacuation
  • Craniectomy For Meningioma
  • Cranioplasty
  • Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson's Disease
  • Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Gastrointestinal Tube Placement
  • Heel Tendon Repair
  • Hydrocephalus Shunting
  • Image-Guided Neurosurgery
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Laminectomy
  • Laminotomy
  • Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement
  • Lumbar Discectomy
  • Lumbar Laminectomy
  • Lumbar Laminectomy And Fusion
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Median Nerve Decompression
  • Microdiscectomy
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Nerve Grafting
  • Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
  • Papilledema And Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Parotid Biopsy
  • Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery
  • Pituitary Tumor Surgery
  • Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
  • Proton Beam Radiosurgery
  • Resection Of Thoracic Vertebral Disc
  • Scoliosis Deformity Correction
  • Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
  • Shunt Placement
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • Spinal Disc Replacement
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
  • Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
  • Sports Injury Treatment
  • Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
  • Stereotactic Spinal Procedure
  • Stroke Management
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Treatment
  • Thoracic Discectomy
  • Thoracic Laminectomy
  • Thrombolysis
  • Transsphenoidal Surgery
  • Tumor Embolization
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  • Vascular Malformation Treatment
  • Vertebral Corpectomy
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Practice locations

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110 Irving St NW
Ste G019
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-5580

Fax 202-877-8374

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Fax 202-877-8374

Insurance

MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • OA Plus
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • Choice POS
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • CareFirst EPO
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • Medicare FFS
    • Sentara Health
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • UHC Passport
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • Employee Health Plan
    • HighMark
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • IH-POS
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • Optimum Choice
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • United Student Resources
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • IH-PPO
    • IH-Indemnity
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • Beech Street PPO
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • Navigate
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • Aetna HMO
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • IH-Open POS II
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • IH-POS Plus
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • First Health PPO
    • Aetna Basic
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • CIGNA PPO
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • TRICARE East Select
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Choice POS II
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • First Health PPO
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • CIGNA EPO
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • POS OA
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • Network OA
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • IH-HMO
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • Medicare Direct
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • IH-Open HMO
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)

Education

Board Certification: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Neurosurgery

Graduate: George Washington University (2018)

Graduate: Syracuse University (1992)

Hospital affiliations