Ellis A. Tinsley, MD
Surgery Physician · Wilmington, NC
Ellis A. Tinsley, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1285614578, issued on Jan 20, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 35569, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ellis A. Tinsley
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 35569 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1717 Shipyard Blvd Ste 200, Wilmington, NC 28403
- Phone
- (910) 769-2583
- Enumerated
- Jan 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 12, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (910) 769-3531
- Medicaid ID
- 8983563 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031229000932); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1987
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1717 Shipyard Blvd Ste 200
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Candace Barber, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1437856259
- Meredith Deily, PA-CPhysician Assistant1174196919
- Bailey WattsPhysician Assistant1700749884
Verify Ellis A. Tinsley in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 35569Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
38% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
91 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Cilostazol33 claims
- Clopidogrel21 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 96.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $286.44
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ethicon US, LLC. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Tinsley Surgical PAWilmington, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ellis A. Tinsley among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina
Ellis A. Tinsley, MD is one of 1,170 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 77% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2004 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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 208600000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.
All 1,170 in North Carolina → Every provider in Wilmington → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Philip Brown, MDWilmington, NC 284031205941432
- Frederic Eckhauser, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031265473896
- Colston Edgerton, MDWilmington, NC 284031194132084
- Sarah Fox, MDWilmington, NC 284031376988360
- Hormoze Goudarzi, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031598724783
- Christopher Helak, D.O.Wilmington, NC 284031275820987
Common questions
What is Ellis A. Tinsley, MD's NPI number?
Ellis A. Tinsley, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285614578, issued on Jan 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ellis A. Tinsley, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1717 Shipyard Blvd Ste 200, Wilmington, NC, 28403. Phone: (910) 769-2583. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ellis A. Tinsley, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 35569, 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 Ellis A. Tinsley, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ellis A. Tinsley, MD had 91 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ellis A. Tinsley, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.9 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.