Philip Dean Bates, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Morehead City, NC
Philip Dean Bates, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Morehead City, North Carolina, and NPI 1104860295, issued on Jun 16, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2009-00305, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Philip Dean Bates
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 2009-00305 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3714 Guardian Ave, Morehead City, NC 28557
- Phone
- (252) 247-2101
- Enumerated
- Jun 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 14, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (252) 247-4675
- Medicaid ID
- 5911210 NC
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3714 Guardian Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Melvin Gaston, PA-CSurgical Physician Assistant1902877277
- Kristin Gray, AAAnesthesiologist Assistant1699103101
- Ashraf Guirgues, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1659315414
Verify Philip Dean Bates in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2009-00305Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
61% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
58 Medicare Part D claims for 47 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 36 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen32 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 98.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $92.77
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Integra LifeSciences Corporation. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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.
Philip Dean Bates among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina
Philip Dean Bates, M.D. is one of 1,170 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 77% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2009 · 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 208600000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
11 surgery physician records list a practice address in Morehead City
They are 11 of the 656 NPPES records with a practice address in Morehead City, and 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Philip Dean Bates, M.D.'s NPI number?
Philip Dean Bates, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104860295, issued on Jun 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Philip Dean Bates, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3714 Guardian Ave, Morehead City, NC, 28557. Phone: (252) 247-2101. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Philip Dean Bates, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2009-00305, 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 Philip Dean Bates, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Philip Dean Bates, M.D. had 58 Medicare Part D claims for 47 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Philip Dean Bates, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 98.3 of 100. 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.