Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. David Ethan Melon, MD

Individual provider Otolaryngology Physician · NPI 1407054760

Dr. David Ethan Melon, MD practises Otolaryngology in Hickory, North Carolina. Graduated from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 2007, 19 years ago. Practices with Carolina Ear Nose and Throat-Sinus and Allergy Center PA, a 19-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in North Carolina and Ohio.

Years since qualifying
19
Trained at
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Licensed in
NC, OH
In the registry since
2007
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

304 10th Ave NE
Hickory, NC 28601-3883
Phone: (828) 322-2183
Fax: (828) 322-7279
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Specialties & licences

Otolaryngology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Y00000X · Licence 2012-00123 (NC)
Otolaryngology Physician Taxonomy 207Y00000X · Licence MELO02 (OH)

Record details

NPI number1407054760
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJuly 10, 2007
Last updated in NPPESJune 14, 2024
Certification dateJune 14, 2024

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyOTOLARYNGOLOGY
Medical schoolRUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL
Graduated 2007 (19 years in practice)
Group practice Carolina Ear Nose And Throat-Sinus And Allergy Center Pa — 19 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 1–10 times
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients586
Services billed 2,618 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $8,788 2 payments
Honoraria $2,000 1 payment
Food and Beverage $796 10 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $681 4 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Carolina Ear Nose and Throat-Sinus and Allergy Center PA

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 19 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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