Benjamin Alan Cowan, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Wilmington, NC
Benjamin Alan Cowan, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1699894824, issued on Mar 28, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina 2017-00282, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin Alan Cowan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 2017-00282 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2131 S 17TH St, Wilmington, NC 28401
- Phone
- (910) 667-7000
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2007
- Record last updated
- Dec 1, 2023
- Fax
- (910) 815-5698
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170927001376); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Florida College Of Medicine, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Benjamin Alan Cowan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2017-00282Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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).
Benjamin Alan Cowan among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina
Benjamin Alan Cowan, MD is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 24% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 24% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
68 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Wilmington
They are 68 of the 6,526 NPPES records with a practice address in Wilmington, and 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Benjamin Alan Cowan, MD's NPI number?
Benjamin Alan Cowan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699894824, issued on Mar 28, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin Alan Cowan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2131 S 17TH St, Wilmington, NC, 28401. Phone: (910) 667-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin Alan Cowan, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2017-00282, 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.
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.