Lawrence Stroud Carter, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Hickory, NC
Lawrence Stroud Carter, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1003811480, issued on Jun 14, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 9601569, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lawrence Stroud Carter
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9601569 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 21 18TH Ave NW, Hickory, NC 28601
- Phone
- (828) 267-2246
- Enumerated
- Jun 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 11, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 267-1623
- Medicaid ID
- 891192R NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040422000765); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 21 18TH Ave NW
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Verify Lawrence Stroud Carter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9601569Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
15% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,685 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 24 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium116 claims
- Jardiance85 claims
- Trazodone Hcl85 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium76 claims
- Ozempic64 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate61 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: $770.81
36 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, 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.
Lawrence Stroud Carter among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Lawrence Stroud Carter, M.D. 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 fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- 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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- Richard Dickey, MDHickory, NC 286011467469189
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- James Goforth, M.DHickory, NC 286011811945470
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Common questions
What is Lawrence Stroud Carter, M.D.'s NPI number?
Lawrence Stroud Carter, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003811480, issued on Jun 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lawrence Stroud Carter, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 21 18TH Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601. Phone: (828) 267-2246. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lawrence Stroud Carter, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9601569, 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 Lawrence Stroud Carter, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lawrence Stroud Carter, M.D. had 2,685 Medicare Part D claims for 137 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.