NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

William Witherspoon Hope, MD

Surgery Physician · Wilmington, NC

William Witherspoon Hope, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1548289804, issued on Jul 18, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2006-00942, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; 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
1548289804
Name
William Witherspoon Hope
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License number
2006-00942 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1725 New Hanover Medical Park Dr, Wilmington, NC 28403
Phone
(910) 662-9300
Enumerated
Jul 18, 2006
Record last updated
May 27, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(910) 772-9452
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20061113000450); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 2001
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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Also registered at 1725 New Hanover Medical Park Dr

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

  1. Elizabeth Acquista, MDSurgery Physician1639353022
  2. Tal Allouche, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1336089234
  3. Angela AzzolinaNurse Practitioner1760016364
  4. Samuel Baughman, MDSurgery Physician1609122910
  5. Renuka Bhan, MDInternal Medicine Physician1609079441
  6. Elizabeth BickenbachAmbulatory Care Pharmacist1144103797

Verify William Witherspoon Hope 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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51% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024

72 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 46 claims were for opioids.

  1. William Hope72
  2. Specialty average147

Most prescribed

  1. Oxycodone-Acetaminophen36 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: $107,645.31

103 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Davol Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. William Hope$107,645
  2. Specialty average$3,514

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. Novant Health Medical Group Coastal Region LLCWilmington, NC

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

William Witherspoon Hope among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina

William Witherspoon Hope, MD is one of 1,170 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 77% 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 15% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 52% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2001 · median 2004 among the 773 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 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 208600000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Surgery Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Elizabeth Acquista, MDWilmington, NC 284031639353022
  2. Samuel Baughman, MDWilmington, NC 284031609122910
  3. Philip Brown, MDWilmington, NC 284031205941432
  4. Frederic Eckhauser, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031265473896
  5. Colston Edgerton, MDWilmington, NC 284031194132084
  6. Sarah Fox, MDWilmington, NC 284031376988360
  7. Hormoze Goudarzi, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031598724783
  8. Christopher Helak, D.O.Wilmington, NC 284031275820987

Common questions

What is William Witherspoon Hope, MD's NPI number?

William Witherspoon Hope, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548289804, issued on Jul 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is William Witherspoon Hope, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1725 New Hanover Medical Park Dr, Wilmington, NC, 28403. Phone: (910) 662-9300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify William Witherspoon Hope, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2006-00942, 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 William Witherspoon Hope, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, William Witherspoon Hope, MD had 72 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.