James Sterling McKinney III, MD

Individual provider Vascular Neurology Physician · NPI 1174786859

James Sterling McKinney III, MD practises Neurology in Wilmington, North Carolina. Qualified in 2004, 22 years ago. Practices with Coastal Inpatient Physicians LLC, a 9-clinician group, works from 4 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.

Years since qualifying: 22
Licensed in: NC, PA, SC
In the registry since: 2008
Specialties on file: 4

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Practice location Address checks out

2131 S 17th St
Wilmington, NC 28401-7407
Phone: (910) 815-5830

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Additional practice locations (3)

1960 S 16th St, Wilmington, NC 28401-6676 — (910) 662-7500
1509 Doctors Cir, Wilmington, NC 28401-7403 — (910) 662-7500
228 Saint Charles Way Ste 200, York, PA 17402-4661 — (717) 851-5503

Specialties & licences

Neurology Physician (primary)	Taxonomy 2084N0400X · Licence 2015-01768 (NC)
Vascular Neurology Physician	Taxonomy 2084V0102X · Licence 2015-01768 (NC)
Neurology Physician	Taxonomy 2084N0400X · Licence MD433613 (PA)
Neurology Physician	Taxonomy 2084N0400X · Licence 95708 (SC)

Record details

NPI number	1174786859
Entity type	Individual (Type 1)
Gender	Male
Credentials	MD
Sole proprietor	No
NPI enumerated	July 3, 2008
Last updated in NPPES	March 16, 2026
Certification date	March 16, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialty	NEUROLOGY
Medical school	OTHER
Graduated	2004 (22 years in practice)
Group practice	Coastal Inpatient Physicians Llc — 9 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment	Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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 patients	520
Services billed	1,010 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age	76

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	$25 1 payment · 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 New Hanover Regional Medical Center Hospital · Wilmington, NC · listed as New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Trident Medical Center Hospital · Charleston, SC · listed as Trident Medical Center, LLC

Colleagues at Coastal Inpatient Physicians LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 9 clinicians in the practice; 3 are shown here.

Jeffrey Bodle, MD Neurology Physician · Charleston, SC
Dr. Julio J. Rentas Reyes, MD General Practice Physician · Camp Lejeune, NC
Nathan Varano Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · Charleston, SC