Michael R. Ray, CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Asheville, NC
Michael R. Ray, CRNA is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1063475705, issued on Apr 11, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 72507, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael R. Ray
- Credential
- CRNA
- Primary taxonomy
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
- License numbers
- 72507 NC
072507 NC
3994 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 291 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28803
- Phone
- (828) 254-0881
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Fax
- (828) 258-1614
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220803003004); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 291 Sweeten Creek Road
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Verify Michael R. Ray in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 72507Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $124.25
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 24,076 providers of this specialty with any payment received $135.08 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
- Digestive Health Partners PAHendersonville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael R. Ray among 3,760 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in North Carolina
Michael R. Ray, CRNA is one of 3,760 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with a practice address in North Carolina. 76% 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 71% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2012 among the 2,665 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367500000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
255 certified registered nurse anesthetist records list a practice address in Asheville
They are 255 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 3,760 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Michael R. Ray, CRNA's NPI number?
Michael R. Ray, CRNA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063475705, issued on Apr 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael R. Ray, CRNA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 291 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville, NC, 28803. Phone: (828) 254-0881. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael R. Ray, CRNA's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 72507, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Michael R. Ray, CRNA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.