NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Charles Victor Welden, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Charleston, SC

Charles Victor Welden, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Charleston, South Carolina, and NPI 1578950705, issued on Apr 27, 2015. Check the license (South Carolina 52593, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1578950705
Name
Charles Victor Welden
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
52593 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
114 Doughty St Ste 249, Charleston, SC 29425
Phone
(843) 792-2301
Enumerated
Apr 27, 2015
Record last updated
Dec 10, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(843) 876-7232
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210414001660); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 2015
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Charles Victor Welden in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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46% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

1,713 Medicare Part D claims for 656 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Charles Welden1,713
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Pantoprazole Sodium301 claims
  2. Sutab134 claims
  3. Gavilyte-G95 claims
  4. Omeprazole90 claims
  5. Famotidine74 claims
  6. Sucralfate71 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: $1,503.16

101 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Charles Welden$1,503.16
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Gastroenterology Associates OF North-Central Alabama IncBirmingham, AL

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Charles Victor Welden among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina

Charles Victor Welden, MD is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South 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 2015, is newer than 61% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 61% of these records are older, 37% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2006 among the 1,119 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2018 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

427 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Charleston

They are 427 of the 10,840 NPPES records with a practice address in Charleston, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Sujeev Bains, MDCharleston, SC 294251609889989
  2. Elisha Brownfield, MDCharleston, SC 294251639287683
  3. Ernest Clyburn, MDCharleston, SC 294251235247271
  4. Kimberly Davis, MDCharleston, SC 294251366550311
  5. John Feussner, MDCharleston, SC 294251689782534
  6. Jennifer Goldstein, MDCharleston, SC 294251164472593
  7. Robert Ishak, M.D.Charleston, SC 294251295727790
  8. Brad Keith, MDCharleston, SC 294251578671442

Common questions

What is Charles Victor Welden, MD's NPI number?

Charles Victor Welden, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578950705, issued on Apr 27, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Charles Victor Welden, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 114 Doughty St Ste 249, Charleston, SC, 29425. Phone: (843) 792-2301. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Charles Victor Welden, MD's license?

NPPES lists South Carolina license number 52593, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Charles Victor Welden, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Charles Victor Welden, MD had 1,713 Medicare Part D claims for 656 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.