Gary Herschel Heck, DO
Internal Medicine Physician · Kinston, NC
Gary Herschel Heck, DO is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Kinston, North Carolina, and NPI 1780670695, issued on Sep 26, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 40032, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gary Herschel Heck
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 40032 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 744 Airport RD, Kinston, NC 28504
- Phone
- (252) 523-0026
- Enumerated
- Sep 26, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 19, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (252) 523-1855
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050218000737); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- West Virginia School Of Osteopathic Medicine, 1983
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Gary Herschel Heck in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 40032Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
8,072 Medicare Part D claims for 902 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 100 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium327 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium317 claims
- Omeprazole289 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate273 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate248 claims
- Potassium Chloride227 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: $1,023.10
61 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Proactive Therapy OF North Carolina IncWilson, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gary Herschel Heck among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Gary Herschel Heck, DO 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 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).
24 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Kinston
They are 24 of the 521 NPPES records with a practice address in Kinston, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Gary Herschel Heck, DO's NPI number?
Gary Herschel Heck, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780670695, issued on Sep 26, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gary Herschel Heck, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 744 Airport RD, Kinston, NC, 28504. Phone: (252) 523-0026. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gary Herschel Heck, DO's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 40032, 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 Gary Herschel Heck, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gary Herschel Heck, DO had 8,072 Medicare Part D claims for 902 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.