NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

John Nicholson, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Statesville, NC

John Nicholson, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Statesville, North Carolina, and NPI 1497723795, issued on Mar 10, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 36236, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1497723795
Name
John Nicholson
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
36236 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
738 Bryant St, Statesville, NC 28677
Phone
(704) 230-4382
Enumerated
Mar 10, 2006
Record last updated
Aug 28, 2025
Fax
(704) 253-4085
Medicaid ID
8962581 NC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20080625000372); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Duke University School Of Medicine, 1989
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 738 Bryant St

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Verify John Nicholson in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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4.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

12,663 Medicare Part D claims for 616 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 314 claims were for opioids.

  1. John Nicholson12,663
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate505 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium500 claims
  3. Levothyroxine Sodium490 claims
  4. Rosuvastatin Calcium455 claims
  5. Gabapentin390 claims
  6. Pantoprazole Sodium284 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: $600.12

34 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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.

  1. John Nicholson$600.12
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Iredell Physician Network LLCStatesville, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

John Nicholson among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina

John Nicholson, 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 52% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • Graduated1989 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 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 Statesville

They are 24 of the 1,194 NPPES records with a practice address in Statesville, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Tania Acevedo, M.D.Statesville, NC 286771386825131
  2. Samer Alnabhan, M.D.Statesville, NC 286771164648101
  3. Ricardo De Leon, M.D.Statesville, NC 286771639402795
  4. James Foushee, M.D.Statesville, NC 286771528050184
  5. Fred Marks, M.D.Statesville, NC 286771467445155
  6. Mahendra NarendranStatesville, NC 286771316074693
  7. Carla Pence, MDStatesville, NC 286771811988231
  8. James Rhyne, MDStatesville, NC 286771821083197

Common questions

What is John Nicholson, MD's NPI number?

John Nicholson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497723795, issued on Mar 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is John Nicholson, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 738 Bryant St, Statesville, NC, 28677. Phone: (704) 230-4382. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify John Nicholson, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 36236, 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 John Nicholson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, John Nicholson, MD had 12,663 Medicare Part D claims for 616 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.