Lawrence Thomas Kim, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Chapel Hill, NC
Lawrence Thomas Kim, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and NPI 1487768818, issued on Aug 19, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2013-02274, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lawrence Thomas Kim
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 2013-02274 NC
H4464 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 170 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Phone
- (919) 966-5221
- Enumerated
- Aug 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 20, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 966-8806
- Medicaid ID
- P085A2808 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140307000231); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas, 1987
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lawrence Thomas Kim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2013-02274Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
75% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
37 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium13 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: $4,923.27
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Alphatec Spine, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- University OF North Carolina AT Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lawrence Thomas Kim among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina
Lawrence Thomas Kim, M.D. is one of 1,170 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 77% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2004 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 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 208600000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
73 surgery physician records list a practice address in Chapel Hill
They are 73 of the 7,608 NPPES records with a practice address in Chapel Hill, and 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Lawrence Thomas Kim, M.D.'s NPI number?
Lawrence Thomas Kim, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487768818, issued on Aug 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lawrence Thomas Kim, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 170 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599. Phone: (919) 966-5221. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lawrence Thomas Kim, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2013-02274, 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 Thomas Kim, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lawrence Thomas Kim, M.D. had 37 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.