Martin Thomas Gessner, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Morganton, NC
Martin Thomas Gessner, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Morganton, North Carolina, and NPI 1093746661, issued on Jul 5, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9801654, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Martin Thomas Gessner
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9801654 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 103 Medical Heights Dr, Morganton, NC 28655
- Phone
- (828) 437-4211
- Enumerated
- Jul 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 14, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 437-1034
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050108000032); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wake Forest University School Of Medicine, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 103 Medical Heights Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Martin Thomas Gessner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9801654Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
13,117 Medicare Part D claims for 684 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 415 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium865 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate618 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium478 claims
- Lisinopril393 claims
- Omeprazole387 claims
- Losartan Potassium308 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: $16.87
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Burke Primary Care LLCMorganton, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Martin Thomas Gessner among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Martin Thomas Gessner, 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
34 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Morganton
They are 34 of the 986 NPPES records with a practice address in Morganton, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Martin Thomas Gessner, M.D.'s NPI number?
Martin Thomas Gessner, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093746661, issued on Jul 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Martin Thomas Gessner, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 103 Medical Heights Dr, Morganton, NC, 28655. Phone: (828) 437-4211. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Martin Thomas Gessner, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9801654, 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 Martin Thomas Gessner, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Martin Thomas Gessner, M.D. had 13,117 Medicare Part D claims for 684 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.