Lara Kester Surles, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Greenville, NC
Lara Kester Surles, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Greenville, North Carolina, and NPI 1285682989, issued on May 4, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 200100963, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lara Kester Surles
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 200100963 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2450 Emerald PL, Greenville, NC 27834
- Phone
- (252) 551-1066
- Enumerated
- May 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 29, 2023
- Fax
- (252) 551-1067
- Medicaid ID
- 89134JY NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060811000467); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Brody School Of Medicine At East Carolina University, 1999
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2450 Emerald PL
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Lara Kester Surles in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 200100963Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
6,518 Medicare Part D claims for 402 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 160 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium372 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide225 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl210 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate206 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium192 claims
- Eliquis154 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 98.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Physicians East PAFarmville, NC
- Proactive Therapy OF North Carolina IncWilson, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lara Kester Surles among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Lara Kester Surles, MD is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 79% 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, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
119 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Greenville
They are 119 of the 5,742 NPPES records with a practice address in Greenville, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Lara Kester Surles, MD's NPI number?
Lara Kester Surles, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285682989, issued on May 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lara Kester Surles, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2450 Emerald PL, Greenville, NC, 27834. Phone: (252) 551-1066. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lara Kester Surles, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200100963, 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 Lara Kester Surles, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lara Kester Surles, MD had 6,518 Medicare Part D claims for 402 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lara Kester Surles, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 98.3 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.