Andrew Jefferson Cole, MD
Surgery Physician · Wilmington, NC
Andrew Jefferson Cole, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1306462882, issued on Jun 22, 2020. Check the license (North Carolina 2025-02510, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Andrew Jefferson Cole
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 2025-02510 NC
LL84506 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1726 New Hanover Medical Park Dr, Wilmington, NC 28403
- Phone
- (910) 662-9384
- Enumerated
- Jun 22, 2020
- Record last updated
- Aug 13, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250828004475); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1726 New Hanover Medical Park Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Andrew Jefferson Cole in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2025-02510Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
27 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl12 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $280.61
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Novant Health Medical Group Coastal Region LLCWilmington, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Andrew Jefferson Cole among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina
Andrew Jefferson Cole, MD is one of 1,170 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 94% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 94% of these records are older, 4% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2004 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.
All 1,170 in North Carolina → Every provider in Wilmington → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Elizabeth Acquista, MDWilmington, NC 284031639353022
- Samuel Baughman, MDWilmington, NC 284031609122910
- Philip Brown, MDWilmington, NC 284031205941432
- Frederic Eckhauser, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031265473896
- Colston Edgerton, MDWilmington, NC 284031194132084
- Sarah Fox, MDWilmington, NC 284031376988360
- Hormoze Goudarzi, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031598724783
- Christopher Helak, D.O.Wilmington, NC 284031275820987
Common questions
What is Andrew Jefferson Cole, MD's NPI number?
Andrew Jefferson Cole, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306462882, issued on Jun 22, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Andrew Jefferson Cole, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1726 New Hanover Medical Park Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403. Phone: (910) 662-9384. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Andrew Jefferson Cole, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2025-02510, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Andrew Jefferson Cole, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Andrew Jefferson Cole, MD had 27 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.