Cole G. Locklear, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Nashville, TN
Cole G. Locklear, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1972959211, issued on May 5, 2016. Check the license (Tennessee 71677, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cole G. Locklear
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 71677 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2400 Patterson St Ste 400, Nashville, TN 37203
- Phone
- (615) 342-5900
- Enumerated
- May 5, 2016
- Record last updated
- Aug 30, 2024
- Fax
- (615) 342-5912
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20241124000065); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 2016
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cole G. Locklear in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 71677Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
584 Medicare Part D claims for 131 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium32 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium31 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium27 claims
- Losartan Potassium27 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate17 claims
- Gabapentin15 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: $321.72
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. 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.
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
- Columbia Medical Group - The Frist Clinic IncNashville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cole G. Locklear among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Cole G. Locklear, MD is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 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 2016, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 82% of these records are older, 16% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 56% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
613 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Nashville
They are 613 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Cole G. Locklear, MD's NPI number?
Cole G. Locklear, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972959211, issued on May 5, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cole G. Locklear, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2400 Patterson St Ste 400, Nashville, TN, 37203. Phone: (615) 342-5900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cole G. Locklear, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 71677, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Cole G. Locklear, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cole G. Locklear, MD had 584 Medicare Part D claims for 131 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.