Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Mindy Lee Nace Merritt, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1851599831

Mindy Lee Nace Merritt, MD practises General Surgery in Morehead City, North Carolina. Graduated from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 2007, 19 years ago. Practices with Carteret Medical Group LLC, a 65-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
19
Trained at
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2007
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

306 Medical Park Ct
Morehead City, NC 28557-4346
Phone: (252) 247-2101
Fax: (252) 247-4675
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 2145 Country Club Rd Ste 400, Jacksonville, NC 28546-0128 — (910) 939-5759

Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 141282 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1851599831
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJuly 11, 2007
Last updated in NPPESMay 29, 2024
Certification dateMay 29, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2007 (19 years in practice)
Group practice Carteret Medical Group Llc — 65 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations7 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.

Mastectomy 45 times · 93rd percentile
Colonoscopy 58 times · 67th percentile
Skin biopsy 1–10 times
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 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 patients272
Services billed 709 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

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Food and Beverage $16 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.

Colleagues at Carteret Medical Group LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 65 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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