Victor Zuniga, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Shelby, NC
Victor Zuniga, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Shelby, North Carolina, and NPI 1891794392, issued on Jul 18, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 2007-00406, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Victor Zuniga
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 2007-00406 NC
23212 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 216 N Morgan St, Shelby, NC 28150
- Phone
- (980) 436-6462
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 12, 2025
- Fax
- (828) 624-0866
- Medicaid ID
- 89065NC NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070813000716); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Victor Zuniga in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2007-00406Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
547 Medicare Part D claims for 343 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 40 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin53 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium37 claims
- Ondansetron Odt37 claims
- Dexamethasone35 claims
- Gabapentin23 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen22 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Carolinas Emergency Physicians PAShelby, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Victor Zuniga among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Victor Zuniga, M.D. is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Shelby
They are 13 of the 924 NPPES records with a practice address in Shelby, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 2,094 in North Carolina → Every provider in Shelby → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Lindsay Crenshaw, MDShelby, NC 281501871792036
- Matthew Dean, M.D.Shelby, NC 281501235578246
- Bruce Flitt, DOShelby, NC 281501760565675
- Richard Hughlett, MDShelby, NC 281501780724674
- Jonathan Leake, M.D.Shelby, NC 281501740310259
- James Lowry, MDShelby, NC 281501982656690
- Ryan Matley, M.D.Shelby, NC 281501487875365
- Joseph Mullen, MDShelby, NC 281501114970548
Common questions
What is Victor Zuniga, M.D.'s NPI number?
Victor Zuniga, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891794392, issued on Jul 18, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Victor Zuniga, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 216 N Morgan St, Shelby, NC, 28150. Phone: (980) 436-6462. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Victor Zuniga, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2007-00406, 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 Victor Zuniga, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Victor Zuniga, M.D. had 547 Medicare Part D claims for 343 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.