Costin M. Gherghe, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Greensboro, NC
Costin M. Gherghe, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Greensboro, North Carolina, and NPI 1659691749, issued on Jun 11, 2010. Check the license (North Carolina 2013-02513, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Costin M. Gherghe
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 2013-02513 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1200 N Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27401
- Phone
- (336) 832-4380
- Enumerated
- Jun 11, 2010
- Record last updated
- Mar 20, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140326000246); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Costin M. Gherghe in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2013-02513Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
312 Medicare Part D claims for 147 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 36 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl23 claims
- Eliquis17 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass16 claims
- Prednisone16 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate15 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium13 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: $50.00
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Intra-Sana Laboratories. 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
- Moses Cone Physician Services, IncGreensboro, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Costin M. Gherghe among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Costin M. Gherghe, M.D. is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 64% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 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 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
149 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Greensboro
They are 149 of the 8,190 NPPES records with a practice address in Greensboro, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Costin M. Gherghe, M.D.'s NPI number?
Costin M. Gherghe, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659691749, issued on Jun 11, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Costin M. Gherghe, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1200 N Elm St, Greensboro, NC, 27401. Phone: (336) 832-4380. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Costin M. Gherghe, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2013-02513, 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 Costin M. Gherghe, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Costin M. Gherghe, M.D. had 312 Medicare Part D claims for 147 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.