Darden Carroll Swords, M.D.
Pediatrics Physician · Hendersonville, NC
Darden Carroll Swords, M.D. is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and NPI 1740626894, issued on May 16, 2013. Check the license (North Carolina 2022-01287, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Darden Carroll Swords
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License numbers
- 2022-01287 NC
91495921205 UT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 600 Beverly Hanks Ctr, Hendersonville, NC 28792
- Phone
- (828) 693-3296
- Enumerated
- May 16, 2013
- Record last updated
- Aug 4, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Darden Carroll Swords in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2022-01287Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $39.01
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 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.
Darden Carroll Swords among 2,356 pediatrics physician records in North Carolina
Darden Carroll Swords, M.D. is one of 2,356 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 35% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 75% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 35% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 10% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208000000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
26 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Hendersonville
They are 26 of the 1,658 NPPES records with a practice address in Hendersonville, and 2,356 pediatrics physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Darden Carroll Swords, M.D.'s NPI number?
Darden Carroll Swords, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740626894, issued on May 16, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Darden Carroll Swords, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 600 Beverly Hanks Ctr, Hendersonville, NC, 28792. Phone: (828) 693-3296. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Darden Carroll Swords, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2022-01287, 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.
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.