NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sunil Rao, M.D.

Interventional Cardiology Physician · Durham, NC

Sunil Rao, M.D. is an interventional cardiology physician with a practice address in Durham, North Carolina, and NPI 1972687861, issued on Oct 25, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9900329, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1972687861
Name
Sunil Rao
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Interventional Cardiology Physician 207RI0011X
License numbers
9900329 NC
99-00329 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2100 Erwin RD, Durham, NC 27710
Phone
(919) 620-4467
Enumerated
Oct 25, 2006
Record last updated
Dec 15, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220913000274); accepts Medicare assignment
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 2100 Erwin RD

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

  1. Deanna Adkins, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1942359955
  2. Nicolas Aeschlimann, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1003063116
  3. Mary AffrontiNurse Practitioner1437318300
  4. Sana Alkhatib, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1336223247
  5. Diane AllenSurgery Physician1184708885
  6. James Alspaugh, M.D.Infectious Disease Physician1851440861

Verify Sunil Rao 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): 84.5 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. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score93.3
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%54.9
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  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: $202.35

4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Penumbra, Inc. The 6,394 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,062.29 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Sunil Rao$202.35
  2. Specialty average$7,062.29

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. New York UniversityNew York, NY

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

Sunil Rao among 188 interventional cardiology physician records in North Carolina

Sunil Rao, M.D. is one of 188 interventional cardiology physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 94% 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 24% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 24% of these records are older, 47% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 94% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 2002 among the 159 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0011X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Interventional Cardiology Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 188 interventional cardiology physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 interventional cardiology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jorge Antonio GutierrezDurham, NC 277101669630968
  2. William Jones, M.D.Durham, NC 277101366456063
  3. Andres Pineda Maldonado, M.D.Durham, NC 277101588905566
  4. Zachary Wegermann, MDDurham, NC 277101295153435
  5. Guillaume Marquis-Gravel, MD, MSCDurham, NC 277051942725031
  6. Dennis Narcisse, M.D.Durham, NC 277051881126613
  7. Rajesh Swaminathan, M.D.Durham, NC 277051386759066
  8. Sanjay Venkatesh, MDDurham, NC 277051841686391

Common questions

What is Sunil Rao, M.D.'s NPI number?

Sunil Rao, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972687861, issued on Oct 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Sunil Rao, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2100 Erwin RD, Durham, NC, 27710. Phone: (919) 620-4467. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Sunil Rao, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9900329, 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 Sunil Rao, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.5 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.