Michael D. Stephens, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Arden, NC
Michael D. Stephens, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Arden, North Carolina, and NPI 1689635997, issued on Mar 29, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9500237, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael D. Stephens
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 9500237 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2161 Hendersonville RD, Arden, NC 28704
- Phone
- (828) 258-8681
- Enumerated
- Mar 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 19, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 253-4830
- Medicaid ID
- 8901209 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100720000716); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Emory University School Of Medicine, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2161 Hendersonville RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Bailey Balentine, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1346685831
- China Cox, MDAdult Medicine Physician1538690862
- Cynthia Stephens, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1184691669
- Elizabeth Westly, M.D.Dermatology Physician1750346516
Verify Michael D. Stephens in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9500237Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
988 Medicare Part D claims for 458 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Fluticasone Propionate101 claims
- Prednisone96 claims
- Montelukast Sodium72 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate64 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa56 claims
- Amoxicillin48 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: $21.56
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- The Family Health Centers PACandler, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael D. Stephens among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Michael D. Stephens, 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 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 Arden
They are 32 of the 441 NPPES records with a practice address in Arden, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Michael D. Stephens, MD's NPI number?
Michael D. Stephens, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689635997, issued on Mar 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael D. Stephens, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2161 Hendersonville RD, Arden, NC, 28704. Phone: (828) 258-8681. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael D. Stephens, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9500237, 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 Michael D. Stephens, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael D. Stephens, MD had 988 Medicare Part D claims for 458 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.