Dennis Charles Carter, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Murfreesboro, TN
Dennis Charles Carter, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and NPI 1831287630, issued on Oct 10, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 12871, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dennis Charles Carter
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 12871 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 211 Heritage Park Dr, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
- Phone
- (615) 890-9006
- Enumerated
- Oct 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (615) 890-9016
- Medicaid ID
- 3199259 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110302000655); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Meharry Medical College School Of Medicine, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dennis Charles Carter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 12871Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
12,699 Medicare Part D claims for 652 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 460 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate453 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium445 claims
- Losartan Potassium396 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium341 claims
- Lisinopril326 claims
- Gabapentin313 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: $1,337.79
72 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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
- Family Health AssociatesEagleville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dennis Charles Carter among 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee
Dennis Charles Carter, MD is one of 2,674 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 17% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 17% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2004 among the 1,685 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 54% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
101 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Murfreesboro
They are 101 of the 3,910 NPPES records with a practice address in Murfreesboro, and 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Dennis Charles Carter, MD's NPI number?
Dennis Charles Carter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831287630, issued on Oct 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dennis Charles Carter, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 211 Heritage Park Dr, Murfreesboro, TN, 37129. Phone: (615) 890-9006. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dennis Charles Carter, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 12871, 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 Dennis Charles Carter, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dennis Charles Carter, MD had 12,699 Medicare Part D claims for 652 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.