Lester David Nave, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Sanford, NC
Lester David Nave, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Sanford, North Carolina, and NPI 1407857212, issued on Aug 2, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 27264, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lester David Nave
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 27264 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 555 Carthage St, Sanford, NC 27330
- Phone
- (919) 774-6518
- Enumerated
- Aug 2, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jan 23, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 774-1831
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100519000705); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wake Forest University School Of Medicine, 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lester David Nave in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 27264Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
11,217 Medicare Part D claims for 670 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 195 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate524 claims
- Omeprazole462 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium443 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium354 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium337 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate306 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: $1,030.99
57 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Lester David Nave among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Lester David Nave, 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 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).
32 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Sanford
They are 32 of the 855 NPPES records with a practice address in Sanford, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Lester David Nave, MD's NPI number?
Lester David Nave, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407857212, issued on Aug 2, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lester David Nave, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 555 Carthage St, Sanford, NC, 27330. Phone: (919) 774-6518. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lester David Nave, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 27264, 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 Lester David Nave, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lester David Nave, MD had 11,217 Medicare Part D claims for 670 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.