NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgery Physician in North Carolina

1,170 NPPES records list surgery physician with a practice address in North Carolina, 11 per 100,000 residents, the 26th highest rate of 51. Charlotte and Raleigh have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 4 of 24.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208600000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Charlotte has the most, 136

  1. Charlotte136
  2. Raleigh84
  3. Winston Salem77
  4. Chapel Hill73
  5. Durham69

Surgery Physician records in North Carolina

  1. Timothy Capps, M.D.Elizabeth City, NC 279091801025135
  2. Ben Caputo, MDAsheville, NC 288011386222545
  3. Christopher Carballo, MDWilmington, NC 284031255837019
  4. Martin Carignan, MDHuntersville, NC 280781497961155
  5. Logan Carney, MDCharlotte, NC 282031285130948
  6. David Carr, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271031881654663
  7. Ellen Carraro, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282041679700769
  8. Paul Carter, M.D.Fayetteville, NC 283011881691988
  9. Vincent Casingal, MDCharlotte, NC 282041144257643
  10. Reginald Cathey, MDEden, NC 272881023146289
  11. Emil Cekada, M.D.Wilson, NC 278931942272638
  12. Paul Chandler, MDWinston Salem, NC 271031699193102
  13. Albert Chang, MDRaleigh, NC 276071619991353
  14. Kevin Chang, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275141922304393
  15. Paula Chang, MDLaurinburg, NC 283521669623468
  16. Grace Chao, M.D.Greensboro, NC 274551861928715
  17. William Chapman, MDGreenville, NC 278341588662514
  18. Anthony Charles, MDChapel Hill, NC 275141730297680
  19. Sejul Chaudhary, MDGreenville, NC 278341548798127
  20. Debi Chaudhuri, M.D.Fayetteville, NC 283041356304562
  21. Marco Chavarria-Aguilar, MDBrevard, NC 287121245224989
  22. Richard Cheek, M.D.Statesville, NC 286251750680062
  23. Melissa Chen, MDChapel Hill, NC 275141598129835
  24. Stephanie Chen, MDChapel Hill, NC 275141164312708
  25. Xi Chen, MDFayetteville, NC 283041144515834
  26. Andrew CherayConcord, NC 280251073199097
  27. Mary CherryChapel Hill, NC 275161730065467
  28. Lakshmi Kanth Chinappa Nagappa, M.D.Henderson, NC 275361649488693
  29. Richard Chiulli, MDRaleigh, NC 276071982608816
  30. Jennifer Christman, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271031841477015
  31. Ashley Christmas, MDCharlotte, NC 282071811928500
  32. Randoll Christopher, MDCharlotte, NC 282071356863146
  33. Annie Chu, MDCharlotte, NC 282041295393353
  34. Huey Chu, MDPinehurst, NC 283741407850274
  35. Michael Chu, M.D.Greenville, NC 278341013931302
  36. Maryna Chumakova-Orin, MDGreenville, NC 278341225422363
  37. Ann Chung, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276101558627422
  38. Joseph Chung, MDMarion, NC 287521205842655
  39. Claudiu Cimpean, MDThomasville, NC 273601861483844
  40. Renford Cindass, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282031740625573
  41. Edgardo Cintron-Diaz, M.D.Burlington, NC 272151740569839
  42. Thomas Clancy, MDWilmington, NC 284011295739647
  43. James Classen, MDFayetteville, NC 283041881689453
  44. Alison ClayDurham, NC 277101790868941
  45. Michael Clemens, M.D.Morganton, NC 286551871852095
  46. William Cline, MDRaleigh, NC 276071265419931
  47. Brian Cohen, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276101548792070
  48. Nina Cohen, MDCharlotte, NC 282071508252891
  49. Paul Colavita, MDCharlotte, NC 282041053546861
  50. Andrew Cole, MDWilmington, NC 284031306462882

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208600000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 26 of 51 per resident

  1. Missouri12
  2. New Mexico11
  3. Maryland11
  4. North Carolina11
  5. Ohio11
  6. Delaware11
  7. 50 states and D.C.10

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208600000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

76.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 73.7% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. North Carolina76.7%
  2. United States73.7%

Surgery Physician records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file897 of 1,170 · 76.7% here, 73.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file774 · 66.2% here, 58.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more567 · 48.5% here, 54.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 773 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208600000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,170 NPPES records list surgery physician (208600000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 11 per 100,000 residents against 10 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charlotte has 136 of them (12%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Ohio1,249
  2. Massachusetts1,003
  3. Georgia991
  4. Michigan1,376

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maryland10.9
  2. Delaware10.6
  3. New York10.5
  4. New Mexico11.2

The largest states

  1. California3,118
  2. Texas2,192
  3. New York2,053
  4. Florida1,887
  5. Pennsylvania1,867

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.