Charles James Cummings, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Asheville, NC
Charles James Cummings, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1518053958, issued on Oct 5, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9800829, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charles James Cummings
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 9800829 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 76 Peachtree RD, Asheville, NC 28803
- Phone
- (828) 277-6789
- Enumerated
- Oct 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 13, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 277-6780
- Medicaid ID
- 891205M NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100616000286); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1990
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 76 Peachtree RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Antoinette Ancarana, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1013021591
- Seren Anderson, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1285771139
- William Ballantine, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1801835624
- Robert BarkerCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1457732406
- Vicky Bell, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1306951686
Verify Charles James Cummings in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9800829Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
3,893 Medicare Part D claims for 219 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 76 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium175 claims
- Losartan Potassium151 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate124 claims
- Omeprazole119 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium110 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium107 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: $916.03
43 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Blue Ridge Premier Medicine PLLCAsheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Charles James Cummings among 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina
Charles James Cummings, M.D. is one of 429 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 78% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2001 among the 333 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina.
All 429 in North Carolina → Every provider in Asheville → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ryan Brown, M.D.Asheville, NC 288011164865507
- Allen Elster, M.D.Asheville, NC 288011174817332
- Daniel Fertel, M.D.Asheville, NC 288011295943793
- James Graham, MDAsheville, NC 288051750378485
- Daniel Gutman, MDAsheville, NC 288011174899801
- Luke Habegger, MD, MAAsheville, NC 288011649699893
- Timothy Heacock, M.D.Asheville, NC 288011700053642
- Ross Hoffman, MDAsheville, NC 288011174967673
Common questions
What is Charles James Cummings, M.D.'s NPI number?
Charles James Cummings, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518053958, issued on Oct 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charles James Cummings, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 76 Peachtree RD, Asheville, NC, 28803. Phone: (828) 277-6789. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charles James Cummings, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9800829, 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 Charles James Cummings, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Charles James Cummings, M.D. had 3,893 Medicare Part D claims for 219 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.