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

Individual provider Neurological Surgery Physician · NPI 1093976995

Dr. Joseph Thomas Cheatle, MD practises Neurosurgery in Charlotte, North Carolina. Qualified in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with Atrium Health Neurospine Network LLC, a 105-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Years since qualifying
18
Licensed in
NC, SC
In the registry since
2008
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

225 Baldwin Ave
Charlotte, NC 28204-3109
Phone: (704) 376-1605
Fax: (704) 335-8448
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Specialties & licences

Neurological Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence 2019-01403 (NC)
Neurological Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence 36597 (SC)

Record details

NPI number1093976995
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 23, 2008
Last updated in NPPESAugust 7, 2025
Certification dateAugust 7, 2025

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNEUROSURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice Atrium Health Neurospine Network Llc — 105 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

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.

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 95 times · 93rd percentile
Spinal fusion 216 times · 91st percentile

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 patients559
Services billed 1,585 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $10,500 6 payments
Food and Beverage $1,293 34 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $1,152 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. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health Hospital · Charlotte, NC · listed as Carolinas Medical Center
  • Piedmont Medical Center Hospital · Rock Hill, SC
  • Atrium Health Pineville Hospital · Charlotte, NC
  • Centerwell Home Health Home health agency · Gaffney, SC
  • Neighbors Care Home Health Agency, An Amedisys Co Home health agency · Chester, SC

Colleagues at Atrium Health Neurospine Network LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 105 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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