Shane Byron Sterling, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Asheville, NC
Shane Byron Sterling, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1508443243, issued on Mar 27, 2021. Check the license (North Carolina 202301733, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shane Byron Sterling
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 202301733 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4 Vanderbilt Park Dr Ste 100, Asheville, NC 28803
- Phone
- (828) 258-0397
- Enumerated
- Mar 27, 2021
- Record last updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Fax
- (828) 277-7815
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240805003892); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Florida State University College Of Medicine, 2021
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4 Vanderbilt Park Dr Ste 100
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Verify Shane Byron Sterling in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 202301733Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
822 Medicare Part D claims for 249 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 23 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium54 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium32 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate29 claims
- Omeprazole28 claims
- Losartan Potassium25 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl23 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: $96.90
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Dexcom, 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
- Carolina Internal Medicine Associates PAAsheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shane Byron Sterling among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Shane Byron Sterling, MD 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 2021, is newer than 92% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 92% of these records are older, 5% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2004 among the 2,706 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 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).
203 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Asheville
They are 203 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Shane Byron Sterling, MD's NPI number?
Shane Byron Sterling, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508443243, issued on Mar 27, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shane Byron Sterling, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4 Vanderbilt Park Dr Ste 100, Asheville, NC, 28803. Phone: (828) 258-0397. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shane Byron Sterling, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 202301733, 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 Shane Byron Sterling, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shane Byron Sterling, MD had 822 Medicare Part D claims for 249 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.