Birat Dhungel, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Gastonia, NC
Birat Dhungel, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Gastonia, North Carolina, and NPI 1316142656, issued on Jun 18, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina 2020-02783, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Birat Dhungel
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 2020-02783 NC
D74766 MD
LL16427 OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2555 Court Dr Ste 450, Gastonia, NC 28054
- Phone
- (704) 671-7652
- Enumerated
- Jun 18, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jun 7, 2022
- Fax
- (704) 671-7656
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20201021001562); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2555 Court Dr Ste 450
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Monica Boyd, DOSurgery Physician1194302216
- John Burger, D.O.Surgery Physician1437531845
- Marissa Casbohm, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1538821301
- Lauren Correa, PA-CPhysician Assistant1245874494
- Natalie Davis, DNP, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1356040455
Verify Birat Dhungel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2020-02783Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
57% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
63 Medicare Part D claims for 39 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. 32 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl22 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: $28.02
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. 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
- Caromont Medical Group IncGastonia, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Birat Dhungel among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina
Birat Dhungel, M.D. 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 2007, is newer than 48% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 48% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2004 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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).
25 surgery physician records list a practice address in Gastonia
They are 25 of the 2,833 NPPES records with a practice address in Gastonia, and 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Birat Dhungel, M.D.'s NPI number?
Birat Dhungel, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316142656, issued on Jun 18, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Birat Dhungel, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2555 Court Dr Ste 450, Gastonia, NC, 28054. Phone: (704) 671-7652. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Birat Dhungel, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2020-02783, 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 Birat Dhungel, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Birat Dhungel, M.D. had 63 Medicare Part D claims for 39 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.