Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. James Ziegler Appel III, MD

Individual provider Plastic Surgery Physician · NPI 1912170119

Dr. James Ziegler Appel III, MD practises Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Charlotte, North Carolina. Graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 2001, 25 years ago. Practices with Novant Health Medical Group, LLC, a 2,410-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina and Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
25
Trained at
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Licensed in
NC, TN
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
4
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

1901 Brunswick Ave Ste 200
Charlotte, NC 28207-2809
Phone: (704) 316-5025
Fax: (704) 316-5022
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Specialties & licences

Plastic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208200000X · Licence 2010-01097 (NC)
Plastic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208200000X · Licence 43863 (TN)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 2010-01097 (NC)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 43863 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1912170119
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 8, 2008
Last updated in NPPESOctober 25, 2020
Certification dateSeptember 6, 2020

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyPLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Medical schoolJEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
Graduated 2001 (25 years in practice)
Group practice Novant Health Medical Group, Llc — 2410 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.

Mastectomy 30 times · 86th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 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 patients41
Services billed 140 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age70

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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 $371 15 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.

  • Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Hospital · Charlotte, NC

Colleagues at Novant Health Medical Group, LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2410 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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