Rodney Sturgeon, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Knoxville, TN
Rodney Sturgeon, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1891745436, issued on May 12, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 43064, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rodney Sturgeon
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 43064 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4117 E Emory RD, Knoxville, TN 37938
- Phone
- (865) 922-2121
- Enumerated
- May 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 21, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 922-0006
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080213000755); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Rodney Sturgeon in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 43064Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
9,092 Medicare Part D claims for 479 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 170 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium426 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium420 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate384 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium375 claims
- Omeprazole308 claims
- Olmesartan Medoxomil227 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: $1,756.05
120 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Summit Medical Group, PLLCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rodney Sturgeon among 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee
Rodney Sturgeon, MD is one of 2,674 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 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 17% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 17% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2004 among the 1,685 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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 207Q00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
244 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 244 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Rodney Sturgeon, MD's NPI number?
Rodney Sturgeon, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891745436, issued on May 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rodney Sturgeon, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4117 E Emory RD, Knoxville, TN, 37938. Phone: (865) 922-2121. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rodney Sturgeon, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 43064, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Rodney Sturgeon, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rodney Sturgeon, MD had 9,092 Medicare Part D claims for 479 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.