Nicholas Joseph Placentra, D.O.
Family Medicine Physician · Boone, NC
Nicholas Joseph Placentra, D.O. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Boone, North Carolina, and NPI 1760493894, issued on Aug 11, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9600685, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicholas Joseph Placentra
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 9600685 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 240 Highway 105 Ext Ste 100, Boone, NC 28607
- Phone
- (828) 264-7311
- Enumerated
- Aug 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 13, 2023
- Fax
- (828) 264-7907
- Medicaid IDs
- 891033X NC
89014XX NC - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040226000748); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine, 1985
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nicholas Joseph Placentra in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9600685Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
6,433 Medicare Part D claims for 308 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 444 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium317 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium249 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium246 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate198 claims
- Lisinopril190 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate168 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: $278.08
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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
- High Country Community HealthBoone, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicholas Joseph Placentra among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Nicholas Joseph Placentra, D.O. 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
- Graduated1985 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
22 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Boone
They are 22 of the 978 NPPES records with a practice address in Boone, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Nicholas Joseph Placentra, D.O.'s NPI number?
Nicholas Joseph Placentra, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760493894, issued on Aug 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicholas Joseph Placentra, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 240 Highway 105 Ext Ste 100, Boone, NC, 28607. Phone: (828) 264-7311. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicholas Joseph Placentra, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9600685, 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 Nicholas Joseph Placentra, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicholas Joseph Placentra, D.O. had 6,433 Medicare Part D claims for 308 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.