Robert Alexander Creighton, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Chapel Hill, NC
Robert Alexander Creighton, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and NPI 1497854368, issued on Sep 21, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2004-00659, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Robert Alexander Creighton
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 2004-00659 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 101 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Phone
- (919) 966-8596
- Enumerated
- Sep 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 30, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 843-5515
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040812001349); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Virginia Commonwealth University, School Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Robert Alexander Creighton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2004-00659Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
57% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
148 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 64 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl34 claims
- Tramadol Hcl23 claims
- Meloxicam19 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium14 claims
- Celecoxib13 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: $54,920.63
74 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Arthrex, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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 2 group practices
- Select Physical Therapy Holdings IncNew Bern, NC
- University OF North Carolina AT Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Robert Alexander Creighton among 977 orthopaedic surgery physician records in North Carolina
Robert Alexander Creighton, MD is one of 977 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 80% 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 20% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 20% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2003 among the 677 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 977 orthopaedic surgery physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Robert Esther, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275991962489328
- Richard Henderson, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991144329962
- David Isaacs, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991275332496
- Ganesh Kamath, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275991588832695
Common questions
What is Robert Alexander Creighton, MD's NPI number?
Robert Alexander Creighton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497854368, issued on Sep 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert Alexander Creighton, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 101 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599. Phone: (919) 966-8596. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert Alexander Creighton, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2004-00659, 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 Robert Alexander Creighton, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Robert Alexander Creighton, MD had 148 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. 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.