Grace McCall Auten, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Hickory, NC
Grace McCall Auten, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1639176316, issued on Jul 7, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 99-00415, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Grace McCall Auten
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 99-00415 NC
9900415 NC
12579 MT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 307 41St Avenue PL NW, Hickory, NC 28601
- Phone
- (828) 304-4935
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 10, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 304-4936
- Medicaid ID
- 790190G NC
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest internal medicine physician records → All 4,056 in North Carolina → Look up another NPI →
Verify Grace McCall Auten in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 99-00415Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
63% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,171 Medicare Part D claims for 43 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levetiracetam81 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium72 claims
- Lacosamide55 claims
- Lactulose46 claims
- Metoclopramide Hcl43 claims
- Omeprazole40 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.
Grace McCall Auten among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Grace McCall Auten, 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 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 fileNo · 67% of these records are
- Record last updated2011 · 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).
37 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Hickory
They are 37 of the 2,124 NPPES records with a practice address in Hickory, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Grace McCall Auten, MD's NPI number?
Grace McCall Auten, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639176316, issued on Jul 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Grace McCall Auten, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 307 41St Avenue PL NW, Hickory, NC, 28601. Phone: (828) 304-4935. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Grace McCall Auten, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 99-00415, 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 Grace McCall Auten, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Grace McCall Auten, MD had 1,171 Medicare Part D claims for 43 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.