NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kenton R. Cook, MD

Hospitalist Physician · Raleigh, NC

Kenton R. Cook, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Raleigh, North Carolina, and NPI 1427036938, issued on Jan 4, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 200001475, 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
1427036938
Name
Kenton R. Cook
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
200001475 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4420 Lake Boone Trl, Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone
(919) 784-7093
Enumerated
Jan 4, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 7, 2023
Fax
(919) 784-7395
Medicaid ID
89128MF NC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100126000369); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 1997
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.
Download card Updates feed

Also registered at 4420 Lake Boone Trl

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Mariam Abboud, MDCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1861835472
  2. Nita AbrahamAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1366934556
  3. John Adams, MDInternal Medicine Physician1316136575
  4. Marshall Ahearn, MD, MPHPediatrics Physician1215321419
  5. Deema Al-Ghandour, PAPhysician Assistant1053846667
  6. Asra Ali, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1114138195

Verify Kenton R. Cook in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
    Search for license 200001475
    Check the board
  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
Open the North Carolina license search

PlainDoctor does not match the HHS-OIG exclusion list to individual records: most entries carry no NPI. Search the OIG exclusion list by name.

Is this page about you? You can ask us to correct, restrict or remove it: how.

39% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

317 Medicare Part D claims for 123 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 17 claims were for opioids.

  1. Kenton Cook317
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Potassium Chloride22 claims
  2. Prednisone13 claims
  3. Cefdinir12 claims
  4. Furosemide12 claims
  5. Pantoprazole Sodium12 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. North Carolina MG LLCRaleigh, NC

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

Kenton R. Cook among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina

Kenton R. Cook, MD is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 90% 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 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 76% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
  • Graduated1997 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Hospitalist Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Amanda Allen, MDRaleigh, NC 276071407080641
  2. John Greene, MDRaleigh, NC 276071093004392
  3. Jashanjeet Grewal, MDRaleigh, NC 276071245424886
  4. Vijayatha Gundarapu, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276071730355579
  5. Richard Hobbs, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276071356561385
  6. Andrew Ingram, MDRaleigh, NC 276071164499216
  7. Ankesh Jayaswal, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276071992701569
  8. Quynh Nguyen, MDRaleigh, NC 276071508843210

Common questions

What is Kenton R. Cook, MD's NPI number?

Kenton R. Cook, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427036938, issued on Jan 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kenton R. Cook, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4420 Lake Boone Trl, Raleigh, NC, 27607. Phone: (919) 784-7093. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kenton R. Cook, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200001475, 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 Kenton R. Cook, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kenton R. Cook, MD had 317 Medicare Part D claims for 123 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.