William Baxter Teague, OD
Optometrist · Asheville, NC
William Baxter Teague, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1942457775, issued on Aug 22, 2008. Check the license (North Carolina 2124, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Baxter Teague
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License numbers
- 2124 NC
OPT002640 GA
2831 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4 S Tunnel RD, Asheville, NC 28805
- Phone
- (828) 298-6500
- Enumerated
- Aug 22, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jun 16, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 298-9108
- Medicaid ID
- 5911445 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090504000569); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4 S Tunnel RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify William Baxter Teague in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 2124Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
27% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
203 Medicare Part D claims for 89 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 37% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost52 claims
- Timolol Maleate39 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth34 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate27 claims
- Restasis18 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: $468.93
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Western NC Optometric Group PAAsheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William Baxter Teague among 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina
William Baxter Teague, OD is one of 1,480 optometrist records with a practice address in North Carolina. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 59% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 59% of these records are older, 39% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2006 among the 1,060 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in North Carolina
There are 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina.
All 1,480 in North Carolina → Every provider in Asheville → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Celeste Downs, O.D.Asheville, NC 288051497815856
- Samantha Elliott, ODAsheville, NC 288051861045916
- Thomas Fuller, O.D.Asheville, NC 288051154379766
- Daniel Helin, ODAsheville, NC 288051407579816
- Sara IselyAsheville, NC 288051225694334
- Savannah Lamb, O.D.Asheville, NC 288051447515549
Common questions
What is William Baxter Teague, OD's NPI number?
William Baxter Teague, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942457775, issued on Aug 22, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Baxter Teague, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4 S Tunnel RD, Asheville, NC, 28805. Phone: (828) 298-6500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Baxter Teague, OD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2124, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does William Baxter Teague, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Baxter Teague, OD had 203 Medicare Part D claims for 89 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. 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.