Donald Joseph Costic, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Morganton, NC
Donald Joseph Costic, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Morganton, North Carolina, and NPI 1689906737, issued on Jan 30, 2010. Check the license on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Donald Joseph Costic
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 35.095554 OH
35-095554 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 350 E Parker RD, Morganton, NC 28655
- Phone
- (828) 580-2700
- Enumerated
- Jan 30, 2010
- Record last updated
- Jun 11, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 432-9833
- Medicaid ID
- 3077147 OH
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130814000643); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Northeastern Ohio University College Of Medicine, 2007
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Donald Joseph Costic in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical BoardCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
About as many Medicare Part D claims as the average hospitalist physician in 2024
523 Medicare Part D claims for 184 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 61 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate23 claims
- Clopidogrel20 claims
- Methocarbamol20 claims
- Losartan Potassium19 claims
- Montelukast Sodium19 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl19 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: $105.73
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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 Frye Hospitalists LLCHickory, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Donald Joseph Costic among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina
Donald Joseph Costic, M.D. is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 90% 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 44% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 44% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.
All 989 in North Carolina → Every provider in Morganton → Hospitalist Physician nationwide →
The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Trent Edwards, DOMorganton, NC 286551124606405
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- Longinus AgorNorth Wilkesboro, NC 286591265494686
- Mira Boone, MDNorth Wilkesboro, NC 286591053511642
- Leona Cammock, MDNorth Wilkesboro, NC 286591346238326
- Paul Hofferbert, MDNorth Wilkesboro, NC 286591336164078
- Kingsley Lartey, D.O.North Wilkesboro, NC 286591376510289
Common questions
What is Donald Joseph Costic, M.D.'s NPI number?
Donald Joseph Costic, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689906737, issued on Jan 30, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Donald Joseph Costic, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 350 E Parker RD, Morganton, NC, 28655. Phone: (828) 580-2700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Donald Joseph Costic, M.D.'s license?
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 Donald Joseph Costic, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Donald Joseph Costic, M.D. had 523 Medicare Part D claims for 184 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.