William H. Hester, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Florence, SC
William H. Hester, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Florence, South Carolina, and NPI 1083672018, issued on May 1, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 5077, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William H. Hester
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 5077 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 555 E Cheves St, Florence, SC 29506
- Phone
- (843) 777-2800
- Enumerated
- May 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 10, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (843) 777-2810
- Medicaid ID
- 050777 SC
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify William H. Hester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 5077Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $30.48
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
William H. Hester among 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina
William H. Hester, MD is one of 2,700 family medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 78% 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 61% of these records are
- Record last updated2013 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
134 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Florence
They are 134 of the 2,634 NPPES records with a practice address in Florence, and 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is William H. Hester, MD's NPI number?
William H. Hester, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083672018, issued on May 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William H. Hester, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 555 E Cheves St, Florence, SC, 29506. Phone: (843) 777-2800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William H. Hester, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 5077, 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.
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.