Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Edward Thurman Plyler, MD

Individual provider Family Medicine Physician · NPI 1316988058

Edward Thurman Plyler, MD is registered under Family Practice in Morganton, North Carolina. Graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 1981, 45 years ago. Practices with Burke Primary Care LLC, a 24-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
45
Trained at
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2006
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

2201 S Sterling St
Morganton, NC 28655-4044
Phone: (828) 580-6892
Fax: (828) 580-5138
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Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence 28077 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1316988058
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 10, 2006
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 26, 2018

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1981 (45 years in practice)
Group practice Burke Primary Care Llc — 24 clinicians
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.

Removal of nail tissue 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 patients337
Services billed 549 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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.

Practises at

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

Colleagues at Burke Primary Care LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 24 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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