NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Louis Carey Hite, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Irmo, SC

Louis Carey Hite, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Irmo, South Carolina, and NPI 1265434013, issued on Aug 11, 2005. Check the license (South Carolina 8528, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1265434013
Name
Louis Carey Hite
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
8528 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7430 College St, Irmo, SC 29063
Phone
(839) 200-7810
Enumerated
Aug 11, 2005
Record last updated
Jan 18, 2022
Fax
(803) 891-7085
Medicaid ID
085286 SC
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 7430 College St

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

  1. Amjad Abdulrahman, MDInternal Medicine Physician1194718841
  2. Hailey Atkinson, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1770954026
  3. Lynn Beckett-Lowe, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1598251605
  4. Tasha Boone, MDFamily Medicine Physician1699745141
  5. David Bridgers, MDInternal Medicine Physician1982696829
  6. Rosalie Browning, MDInternal Medicine Physician1356333223

Verify Louis Carey Hite in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
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  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
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45% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

1,736 Medicare Part D claims for 172 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Louis Hite1,736
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate110 claims
  2. Rosuvastatin Calcium106 claims
  3. Levothyroxine Sodium76 claims
  4. Atorvastatin Calcium73 claims
  5. Hydrochlorothiazide69 claims
  6. Mounjaro69 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: $138.42

9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Avadel Cns Pharmaceuticals, LLC. 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.

  1. Louis Hite$138.42
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Louis Carey Hite among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina

Louis Carey Hite, MD is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 81% 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, 93% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 60% of these records are
  • Record last updated2022 · 46% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

16 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Irmo

They are 16 of the 583 NPPES records with a practice address in Irmo, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Amjad Abdulrahman, MDIrmo, SC 290631194718841
  2. David Bridgers, MDIrmo, SC 290631982696829
  3. Rosalie Browning, MDIrmo, SC 290631356333223
  4. Joseph Gabriel, MDIrmo, SC 290631093773590
  5. John Gould, DOIrmo, SC 290631215922091
  6. Surbjinder Guram, MDIrmo, SC 290631346208568
  7. Melissa Hummel, MDIrmo, SC 290631255398426
  8. Davinder Lally, M.D.Irmo, SC 290631699741819

Common questions

What is Louis Carey Hite, MD's NPI number?

Louis Carey Hite, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265434013, issued on Aug 11, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Louis Carey Hite, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7430 College St, Irmo, SC, 29063. Phone: (839) 200-7810. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Louis Carey Hite, MD's license?

NPPES lists South Carolina license number 8528, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Louis Carey Hite, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Louis Carey Hite, MD had 1,736 Medicare Part D claims for 172 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.