Austin Thomas Costa, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Gastonia, NC
Austin Thomas Costa, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Gastonia, North Carolina, and NPI 1487185542, issued on Mar 21, 2017. Check the license (North Carolina 2020-02835, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Austin Thomas Costa
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 2020-02835 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2525 Court Dr, Gastonia, NC 28054
- Phone
- (704) 834-2000
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jun 19, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200819002208); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Florida College Of Medicine, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Austin Thomas Costa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2020-02835Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
39% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
315 Medicare Part D claims for 232 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 23 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin30 claims
- Ondansetron Odt20 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass19 claims
- Prednisone18 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate15 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen15 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Carolinas Emergency Physicians PAShelby, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Austin Thomas Costa among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Austin Thomas Costa, MD is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 77% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 2,094 in North Carolina → Every provider in Gastonia → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Elias Awad, M.D.Gastonia, NC 280541871904599
- Karen Bentley, M.D.Gastonia, NC 280541275670010
- Adam Brunfeldt, MDGastonia, NC 280541477789725
- Ian Cole, M.D.Gastonia, NC 280541003037359
- Timothy Corvino, MDGastonia, NC 280541245326156
- Diana Cramp, MDGastonia, NC 280541477691715
- Robert Farquharson, MDGastonia, NC 280541639287295
- Renee Fulbright, MDGastonia, NC 280541346389236
Common questions
What is Austin Thomas Costa, MD's NPI number?
Austin Thomas Costa, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487185542, issued on Mar 21, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Austin Thomas Costa, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2525 Court Dr, Gastonia, NC, 28054. Phone: (704) 834-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Austin Thomas Costa, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2020-02835, 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 Austin Thomas Costa, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Austin Thomas Costa, MD had 315 Medicare Part D claims for 232 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.