Sarah Plowman Hughes, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Raleigh, NC
Sarah Plowman Hughes, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Raleigh, North Carolina, and NPI 1750456729, issued on Nov 22, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2006-00371, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sarah Plowman Hughes
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 2006-00371 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3237 Blue Ridge RD, Raleigh, NC 27612
- Phone
- (919) 781-7500
- Enumerated
- Nov 22, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2026
- Fax
- (919) 420-6065
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070510000628); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 2002
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sarah Plowman Hughes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2006-00371Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
12% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,783 Medicare Part D claims for 184 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 31 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium113 claims
- Losartan Potassium94 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium94 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium74 claims
- Simvastatin72 claims
- Alprazolam64 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: $736.42
32 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Biotronik Nro, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Wake Internal Medicine Consultants, Inc.Raleigh, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sarah Plowman Hughes among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Sarah Plowman Hughes, M.D. is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% 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, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
315 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Raleigh
They are 315 of the 16,309 NPPES records with a practice address in Raleigh, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Sarah Plowman Hughes, M.D.'s NPI number?
Sarah Plowman Hughes, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750456729, issued on Nov 22, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sarah Plowman Hughes, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3237 Blue Ridge RD, Raleigh, NC, 27612. Phone: (919) 781-7500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sarah Plowman Hughes, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2006-00371, 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 Sarah Plowman Hughes, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sarah Plowman Hughes, M.D. had 2,783 Medicare Part D claims for 184 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.