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

Individual provider Family Medicine Physician · NPI 1780610394

Dr. Michael Christopher Desantis, MD is registered under Family Practice in Hickory, North Carolina. Graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1992, 34 years ago. Practices as a sole proprietor and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
34
Trained at
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2006
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

608 46th Avenue Dr NE
Hickory, NC 28601-7318
Phone: (828) 304-6363
Fax: (828) 304-0033
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Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence 98-00233 (NC)
Addiction Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician Taxonomy 207QA0401X · Licence 98-00233 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1780610394
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJune 24, 2006
Last updated in NPPESApril 8, 2020
Certification dateApril 8, 2020

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1992 (34 years in practice)
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 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.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of nail tissue 1–10 times
Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 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 patients653
Services billed 5,630 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age78

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.

Food and Beverage $1,720 107 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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.

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