Daphne Joan Cates, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Sanford, NC
Daphne Joan Cates, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Sanford, North Carolina, and NPI 1164429205, issued on Jul 5, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 2001014335, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Daphne Joan Cates
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 2001014335 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2412 Wilkins Dr, Sanford, NC 27330
- Phone
- (919) 776-6000
- Enumerated
- Jul 5, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 3, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 776-0130
- Medicaid ID
- 89134UJ NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040205000178); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Miami, Lm Miller School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Daphne Joan Cates in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2001014335Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
53% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,431 Medicare Part D claims for 327 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium345 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium290 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate222 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium188 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er138 claims
- Losartan Potassium136 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: $79.74
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Dlp Central Carolina Medical Group LLCSanford, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Daphne Joan Cates among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Daphne Joan Cates, M.D. is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
32 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Sanford
They are 32 of the 855 NPPES records with a practice address in Sanford, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Daphne Joan Cates, M.D.'s NPI number?
Daphne Joan Cates, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164429205, issued on Jul 5, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Daphne Joan Cates, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2412 Wilkins Dr, Sanford, NC, 27330. Phone: (919) 776-6000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Daphne Joan Cates, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2001014335, 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 Daphne Joan Cates, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Daphne Joan Cates, M.D. had 5,431 Medicare Part D claims for 327 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.