NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Steven G. Lopez, MD

Psychiatry Physician · N Charleston, SC

Steven G. Lopez, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in N Charleston, South Carolina, and NPI 1356459218, issued on Aug 29, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 20247, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1356459218
Name
Steven G. Lopez
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License number
20247 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4500 Leeds Ave, N Charleston, SC 29405
Phone
(843) 745-5178
Enumerated
Aug 29, 2006
Record last updated
Feb 10, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(843) 745-5115
Medicaid ID
202471 SC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20070123000070); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
East Tennessee State University Quillen College Of Medicine, 1996
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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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Verify Steven G. Lopez in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
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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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3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024

3,758 Medicare Part D claims for 138 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.

  1. Steven Lopez3,758
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Risperidone425 claims
  2. Quetiapine Fumarate416 claims
  3. Sertraline Hcl262 claims
  4. Trazodone Hcl246 claims
  5. Aripiprazole172 claims
  6. Divalproex Sodium Er169 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: $152.63

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Steven Lopez$152.63
  2. Specialty average$4,954.93

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

  1. Compass Carolina Health Systems PACharleston, SC

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

Steven G. Lopez among 891 psychiatry physician records in South Carolina

Steven G. Lopez, MD is one of 891 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 67% 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 2% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 63% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 41% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 2007 among the 365 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

6 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in N Charleston

They are 6 of the 278 NPPES records with a practice address in N Charleston, and 891 psychiatry physician records in South Carolina.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Eduardo Cifuentes, MDCharleston, SC 294051235161274
  2. Denise Cornish-McTighe, M.D.N Charleston, SC 294051891809661
  3. Elizabeth Leonard, M.D.N Charleston, SC 294051508906256
  4. Cara McDermott, DOCharleston, SC 294051073195343
  5. Broxann Spencer, MDN Charleston, SC 294051992897532
  6. Ann Taylor, M.D.N Charleston, SC 294051760596522
  7. Michael Torricelli, MDNorth Charleston, SC 294051316981715
  8. Mari Asper, MDNorth Charleston, SC 294061073710786

Common questions

What is Steven G. Lopez, MD's NPI number?

Steven G. Lopez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356459218, issued on Aug 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Steven G. Lopez, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4500 Leeds Ave, N Charleston, SC, 29405. Phone: (843) 745-5178. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Steven G. Lopez, MD's license?

NPPES lists South Carolina license number 20247, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Steven G. Lopez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Steven G. Lopez, MD had 3,758 Medicare Part D claims for 138 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.