Gary R. McDonald, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Nashville, TN
Gary R. McDonald, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1013957976, issued on Jun 8, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 20283, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gary R. McDonald
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 20283 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4230 Harding RD, Nashville, TN 37205
- Phone
- (615) 297-2700
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (615) 269-4584
- Medicaid IDs
- 64916265 KY
1507823 TN - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100415000420); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Gary R. McDonald in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 20283Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
8,976 Medicare Part D claims for 314 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 331 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium440 claims
- Montelukast Sodium246 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium203 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate194 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium193 claims
- Tramadol Hcl193 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: $1,999.71
96 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Advanced Diagnostic Imaging PCNashville, TN
- Select Physical Therapy Holdings IncClarksville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gary R. McDonald among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Gary R. McDonald, M.D. is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% 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, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 56% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
613 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Nashville
They are 613 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Gary R. McDonald, M.D.'s NPI number?
Gary R. McDonald, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013957976, issued on Jun 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gary R. McDonald, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4230 Harding RD, Nashville, TN, 37205. Phone: (615) 297-2700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gary R. McDonald, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 20283, 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 Gary R. McDonald, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gary R. McDonald, M.D. had 8,976 Medicare Part D claims for 314 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.