NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sean Thomas Dieffenbaugher, MD

Surgery Physician · Charlotte, NC

Sean Thomas Dieffenbaugher, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Charlotte, North Carolina, and NPI 1083033971, issued on Apr 8, 2014. Check the license (North Carolina 2020-02270, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1083033971
Name
Sean Thomas Dieffenbaugher
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License number
2020-02270 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1350 S Kings Dr, Charlotte, NC 28207
Phone
(704) 446-1255
Enumerated
Apr 8, 2014
Record last updated
Jul 15, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200731000757); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 2014
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1350 S Kings Dr

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Sarah Abt, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1730853151
  2. Lisa Ahlberg, NPNurse Practitioner1184957946
  3. Chelsea Ahrens, PAPhysician Assistant1710365762
  4. Jacob Alexander, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1215878079
  5. Lara AlexanderStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1326742594
  6. Maram Alkhatib, MDInternal Medicine Physician1659639516

Verify Sean Thomas Dieffenbaugher in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualitynot scored (reweighted)
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%99.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $6,231.84

26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 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.

  1. Sean Dieffenbaugher$6,231.84
  2. Specialty average$3,513.80

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 3 group practices

  1. Carolinas Medical CenterCharlotte, NC
  2. Carolinas Physicians Network IncConcord, NC
  3. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital AuthorityCharlotte, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Sean Thomas Dieffenbaugher among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina

Sean Thomas Dieffenbaugher, MD 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 2014, is newer than 77% of them.

  • NPI issued2014 · 77% of these records are older, 19% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2014 · median 2004 among the 773 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 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).

Surgery Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Matthew Alter, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282071558367235
  2. Jason Burgess, MDCharlotte, NC 282071043201361
  3. Ashley Christmas, MDCharlotte, NC 282071811928500
  4. Charles Collin, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282071790721371
  5. Roger Denny, MDCharlotte, NC 282071295766996
  6. Lon Eskind, MDCharlotte, NC 282071689605305
  7. William Geissinger, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282071063498772
  8. Timothy Kuwada, MDCharlotte, NC 282071114954591

Common questions

What is Sean Thomas Dieffenbaugher, MD's NPI number?

Sean Thomas Dieffenbaugher, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083033971, issued on Apr 8, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Sean Thomas Dieffenbaugher, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1350 S Kings Dr, Charlotte, NC, 28207. Phone: (704) 446-1255. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Sean Thomas Dieffenbaugher, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2020-02270, 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.

What is Sean Thomas Dieffenbaugher, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.