NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Neal K. Chawla, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Cary, NC

Neal K. Chawla, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Cary, North Carolina, and NPI 1033291190, issued on Oct 19, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 203488, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1033291190
Name
Neal K. Chawla
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License numbers
203488 NC
0101239433 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
222 Ashville Ave, Cary, NC 27518
Phone
(919) 859-1136
Enumerated
Oct 19, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 31, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid IDs
02902707 NY
010377439 VA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180214000557); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 2002
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 222 Ashville Ave

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

  1. Danielle Almond, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1760840292
  2. Leanne Avery, PA-CPhysician Assistant1487619680
  3. Katherine Bogart, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTPhysician Assistant1780710764
  4. Edgar Caro, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1659348217
  5. Maria Desantis-Wilcox, PACMedical Physician Assistant1891878328
  6. Patrick Donahue, MDFamily Medicine Physician1275581142

Verify Neal K. Chawla in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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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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93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

16 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.

  1. Neal Chawla16
  2. Specialty average226

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: $22.08

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Ambu Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Neal Chawla$22.08
  2. Specialty average$953.79

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

  1. Wakemed Specialists Group LLCRaleigh, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Neal K. Chawla among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina

Neal K. Chawla, MD is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North 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 2006, is newer than 7% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2002 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Edward Maready, MDCary, NC 275181659360840
  2. Aaron Panicker, MDCary, NC 275181538736715
  3. Terrence Morton, MDCary, NC 275191295847705
  4. Steven AppChapel Hill, NC 275141942883723
  5. Jennifer Davidson, MDChapel Hill, NC 275141326895996
  6. Margaret DriscollChapel Hill, NC 275141891443198
  7. Alexander FennChapel Hill, NC 275141801477732
  8. Sharon GuarinoChapel Hill, NC 275141336883255

Common questions

What is Neal K. Chawla, MD's NPI number?

Neal K. Chawla, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033291190, issued on Oct 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Neal K. Chawla, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 222 Ashville Ave, Cary, NC, 27518. Phone: (919) 859-1136. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Neal K. Chawla, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 203488, 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 Neal K. Chawla, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Neal K. Chawla, MD had 16 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.