David W. Branyon, MD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician · Hickory, NC
David W. Branyon, MD is a child & adolescent psychiatry physician with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1568415297, issued on May 17, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 22081, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- David W. Branyon
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician 2084P0804X
- License number
- 22081 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 255 18TH St SE, Hickory, NC 28602
- Phone
- (828) 327-6633
- Enumerated
- May 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (828) 327-3385
- Medicaid ID
- 8917864 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070320000705); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1975
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 255 18TH St SE
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify David W. Branyon in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 22081Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average child & adolescent psychiatry physician in 2024
334 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries, against an average of 504 among the 3,545 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clonazepam25 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate24 claims
- Lorazepam20 claims
- Risperidone Er19 claims
- Sertraline Hcl19 claims
- Clozapine17 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: $14.53
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 1,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,427.96 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
- Daymark Recovery Services IncJefferson, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 173 child & adolescent psychiatry physician records in North Carolina.
Other child & adolescent psychiatry physician records in North Carolina
- Robert Adams, MDWilmington, NC1275693517
- Linwood Allsbrook, M.D.Butner, NC1477621407
- Samina Aziz, MBBSRaleigh, NC1518063411
- Stephan Baum, MDOxford, NC1033289004
- Irm Bellavia, M.D.Charlotte, NC1952560435
- Terrence Bethea, M.D.Burlington, NC1538362363
- Alexandra Bey, MD, PHDDurham, NC1134651961
- Bipana Bhandari, PMHNPConcord, NC1851259725
- Allyson Bias-Dzierzak, MDConcord, NC1285254888
- Leigh Blalock, M.D.Cary, NC1528241569
Common questions
What is David W. Branyon, MD's NPI number?
David W. Branyon, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568415297, issued on May 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is David W. Branyon, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 255 18TH St SE, Hickory, NC, 28602. Phone: (828) 327-6633. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify David W. Branyon, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 22081, 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 David W. Branyon, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, David W. Branyon, MD had 334 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries; the average among child & adolescent psychiatry physician prescribers was 504. 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.