John Lawrence Scheitler, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Gastonia, NC
John Lawrence Scheitler, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Gastonia, North Carolina, and NPI 1093786360, issued on Jan 27, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9800385, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John Lawrence Scheitler
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9800385 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 640 Summit Crossing Place, Gastonia, NC 28054
- Phone
- (704) 865-0626
- Enumerated
- Jan 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 17, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (704) 865-6531
- Medicaid ID
- 89126P5 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101012000602); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Brody School Of Medicine At East Carolina University, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 640 Summit Crossing Place
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Darrell Elrod, PA-CInternal Medicine Physician1881758621
Verify John Lawrence Scheitler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9800385Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
9,941 Medicare Part D claims for 589 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. 147 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate492 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium452 claims
- Lisinopril393 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium349 claims
- Omeprazole310 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium309 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: $2,479.36
120 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Supernus Pharmaceuticals, 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 one group practice
- Piedmont Adult And Pediatric Medicine Associates PAGastonia, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John Lawrence Scheitler among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
John Lawrence Scheitler, 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
- Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 2,706 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 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).
70 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Gastonia
They are 70 of the 2,833 NPPES records with a practice address in Gastonia, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is John Lawrence Scheitler, MD's NPI number?
John Lawrence Scheitler, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093786360, issued on Jan 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Lawrence Scheitler, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 640 Summit Crossing Place, Gastonia, NC, 28054. Phone: (704) 865-0626. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Lawrence Scheitler, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9800385, 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 Lawrence Scheitler, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John Lawrence Scheitler, MD had 9,941 Medicare Part D claims for 589 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.