Benjamin Charles Cook, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Charleston, WV
Benjamin Charles Cook, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Charleston, West Virginia, and NPI 1760892020, issued on May 7, 2014. Check the license (West Virginia 27650, as entered in NPPES) on the West Virginia Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin Charles Cook
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 27650 WV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5430 Maccorkle Ave SE, Charleston, WV 25304
- Phone
- (304) 925-3627
- Enumerated
- May 7, 2014
- Record last updated
- Feb 14, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Benjamin Charles Cook in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWest Virginia Board of Medicine
Search for license 27650Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,009 Medicare Part D claims for 641 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone206 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate138 claims
- Cephalexin103 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass83 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim62 claims
- Mupirocin52 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: $62.34
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Benjamin Charles Cook among 1,122 family medicine physician records in West Virginia
Benjamin Charles Cook, M.D. is one of 1,122 family medicine physician records with a practice address in West Virginia. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 76% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2020 · 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 207Q00000X and a West Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
71 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Charleston
They are 71 of the 8,807 NPPES records with a practice address in Charleston, and 1,122 family medicine physician records in West Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Benjamin Charles Cook, M.D.'s NPI number?
Benjamin Charles Cook, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760892020, issued on May 7, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin Charles Cook, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5430 Maccorkle Ave SE, Charleston, WV, 25304. Phone: (304) 925-3627. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin Charles Cook, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists West Virginia license number 27650, as entered by the provider. Search the West Virginia Board of Medicine at https://wvbom.wv.gov/public/search/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Benjamin Charles Cook, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benjamin Charles Cook, M.D. had 1,009 Medicare Part D claims for 641 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.