Edward Lawson Cate, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Greenville, NC
Edward Lawson Cate, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Greenville, North Carolina, and NPI 1245810829, issued on Apr 8, 2021. Check the license (North Carolina 2025-03326, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edward Lawson Cate
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 2025-03326 NC
RTL21-0365 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2100 Stantonsburg RD, Greenville, NC 27834
- Phone
- (252) 744-1600
- Enumerated
- Apr 8, 2021
- Record last updated
- Mar 23, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20260401000783); may accept Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Edward Lawson Cate in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2025-03326Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
439 Medicare Part D claims for 96 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate38 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium33 claims
- Losartan Potassium31 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium23 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate14 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta14 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: $186.91
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Edward Lawson Cate among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Edward Lawson Cate, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 92% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 92% of these records are older, 5% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
127 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Greenville
They are 127 of the 5,742 NPPES records with a practice address in Greenville, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Edward Lawson Cate, MD's NPI number?
Edward Lawson Cate, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245810829, issued on Apr 8, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edward Lawson Cate, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2100 Stantonsburg RD, Greenville, NC, 27834. Phone: (252) 744-1600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edward Lawson Cate, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2025-03326, 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 Edward Lawson Cate, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edward Lawson Cate, MD had 439 Medicare Part D claims for 96 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.