NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

William Hughes, MD

Surgery Physician · Philadelphia, PA

William Hughes, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1447206867, issued on May 26, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD054373L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); 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
1447206867
Name
William Hughes
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License number
MD054373L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1100 Walnut St Ste 500, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone
(215) 955-6750
Enumerated
May 26, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 17, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(215) 923-8222
Medicaid ID
0017158200004 PA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20031219000100); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Temple University School Of Medicine, 1988
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 1100 Walnut St Ste 500

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

  1. Neeta Chaudhary, MD, PHDTrauma Surgery Physician1235309543
  2. Avinoam Nevler, MDSurgery Physician1063022416
  3. Talar Tatarian, M.D.Surgery Physician1770849440
  4. Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, M.D.Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1730355496

Verify William Hughes in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
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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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59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024

60 Medicare Part D claims for 37 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 20 claims were for opioids.

  1. William Hughes60
  2. Specialty average147

Most prescribed

  1. Oxycodone Hcl15 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: $567.22

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Avita Medical Americas, Llc. 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 Hughes$567.22
  2. Specialty average$3,513.80

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. Jefferson University PhysiciansPhiladelphia, PA

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

William Hughes among 1,867 surgery physician records in Pennsylvania

William Hughes, MD is one of 1,867 surgery physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 72% 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 12% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 64% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
  • Graduated1988 · median 2007 among the 932 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2018 · 56% 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 Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Surgery Physician providers in Pennsylvania

There are 1,867 surgery physician records in Pennsylvania.

The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. George Amrom, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191071104879048
  2. Wilbur Bowne, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191071790762516
  3. Karen Chojnacki, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191071083630685
  4. John Kairys, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191071043230733
  5. Kris Kaulback, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191071245250943
  6. Eugene Kennedy, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191071902826274
  7. Susanna Nazarian, M.D., PH.D.Philadelphia, PA 191071558414011
  8. Hooman Noorchashm, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191071053463885

Common questions

What is William Hughes, MD's NPI number?

William Hughes, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447206867, issued on May 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is William Hughes, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1100 Walnut St Ste 500, Philadelphia, PA, 19107. Phone: (215) 955-6750. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify William Hughes, MD's license?

NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD054373L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does William Hughes, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, William Hughes, MD had 60 Medicare Part D claims for 37 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.