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Ryan Patrick Plichta, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1194987115

Ryan Patrick Plichta, MD practises Thoracic Surgery in Durham, North Carolina. Graduated from Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with North Carolina Mg LLC, a 712-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Illinois, North Carolina and Ohio.

Years since qualifying
18
Trained at
Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Licensed in
IL, NC, OH
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
5
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

2301 Erwin Rd
Durham, NC 27705-4699
Phone: (919) 684-8111
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 2800 Blue Ridge Rd Ste 201, Raleigh, NC 27607-6477 — (919) 784-7110

Specialties & licences

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence 2016-01592 (NC)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 125054167 (IL)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 2016-01592 (NC)
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence 036131792 (IL)
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence 35126191 (OH)

Record details

NPI number1194987115
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJuly 1, 2008
Last updated in NPPESJuly 24, 2023
Certification dateJuly 24, 2023

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyTHORACIC SURGERY
Medical schoolLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, STRITCH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice North Carolina Mg Llc — 712 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 30 times · 83rd percentile
Pacemaker insertion or repair 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 patients161
Services billed 426 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

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Food and Beverage $642 4 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Rex Hospital Hospital · Raleigh, NC
  • Johnston Health Hospital · Smithfield, NC
  • Unc Health Care Wayne Hospital · Goldsboro, NC

Colleagues at North Carolina Mg LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 712 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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