Dr. Charles E. Wilhite, MD

  • Chico, CA
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1629082136
Medicare services, 2024
8,168
Medicare patients, 2024
367
Part D claims, 2024
276
MIPS score, 2024
85
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
1531 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926
Practice phone
Call (530) 332-7300
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Primary practice

Enloe Health

Hospital · Chico, California

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Dr. Charles E. Wilhite is an orthopedic surgeon in Chico, California

Dr. Wilhite practices at Enloe Health in Chico, California, part of Enloe Health.

Dr. Wilhite's NPI, 1629082136, was assigned on July 28, 2006. Dr. Wilhite graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine in 1978. Dr. Wilhite's California license number on file is G526750.

NPI and contact details
NPI enumeration date
July 28, 2006
NPI status
Active
Practice phone
(530) 332-7300
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
74
Medical school graduation
1978

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Charles E. Wilhite practices at Enloe Health in Chico, California

Dr. Wilhite's primary practice is Enloe Health, at 1531 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926 in Butte County. The practice phone is (530) 332-7300.

  • Enloe Health
    1531 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926 · Butte CountyPhone(530) 332-7300

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Dr. Charles E. Wilhite is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Wilhite's primary practice is Enloe Health in Chico, California, part of Enloe Health. The medical group on file is Chico Hospitalist Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Wilhite to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Charles E. Wilhite's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Wilhite practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Enloe HealthAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Charles E. Wilhite is one of 2,056 orthopedic surgeons in California

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Wilhite's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Wilhite has a license on file in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense G526750 · 1984 to 2025 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, broken or dislocated ankle/ or foot, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, enthesopathy in arms, fluid in a joint and hand joint or tendon inflammation among the conditions Dr. Wilhite treats.

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Wilhite

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Dr. Charles E. Wilhite billed Medicare for 8,168 services in 2024

CMS data shows 8,168 Medicare services from Dr. Wilhite across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 367 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $189,897 for them.

Medicare services, 20248,168
Medicare patients367
Paid by Medicare$189,897
Procedure codes22

Dr. Wilhite's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 5,7252024: 5,9955%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9932024: 82617%
Imaging
2023: 7872024: 63519%
Surgery
2023: 5182024: 42618%
Tests and treatments
2023: 2262024: 28627%

Where Dr. Wilhite's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office8,150100%
  • In a facility180%

Dr. Wilhite compared with the California median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Wilhite
  • California median
Medicare services
8,168vs 68312.0 times
Medicare patients
367vs 21571% above
Part D claims
224vs 703.2 times

Medians across 1,844 orthopedic surgeons in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Wilhite's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Charles E. Wilhite treated 367 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 367 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Wilhite in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 183 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.96, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Wilhite's median patient age at 73, with 49% women.

Medicare patients, 2024367
Average age74
Average risk score0.96
Also on Medicaid7%

Dr. Wilhite's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Wilhite's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women20957%
  • Men15843%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Wilhite's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure68%
  4. Diabetes24%
  5. Anxiety23%
  6. Mood disorders21%
  7. Ischemic heart disease20%
  8. Depression18%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Wilhite's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women49%
  • Men51%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Charles E. Wilhite wrote 276 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Wilhite wrote 276 Medicare Part D claims for 113 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 224 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,599 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 244 claims across 7 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024276
Drugs named by CMS6
Total drug cost$1,599
Part D patients113

Dr. Wilhite's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic275 claims100%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims0%

Dr. Wilhite's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Wilhite's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids34%94 of 276 claims
  • Antibiotics21%58 of 276 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 2442024: 2248%

Drugs named by CMS: 6 in 2024, 7 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Charles E. Wilhite scored 85 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Wilhite for performance year 2024, reported individually.

Dr. Wilhite's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 85of 100Final score
  • 73.2of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 78of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Source: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Charles E. Wilhite received $1,870 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 24 general payments to Dr. Wilhite from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 58% of the total. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. paid the most, $1,710.

General payments to Dr. Wilhite by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Wilhite by kind, 2016 to 2025

$1.9Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,08358%
  • Travel and lodging$72939%
  • Education$583%

Companies that paid Dr. Wilhite the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Charles E. Wilhite has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Wilhite, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Wilhite

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Charles E. Wilhite graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine

Dr. Wilhite graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine in 1978.

  1. Medical schoolGeorgetown University School Of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Charles E. Wilhite accepts plans from 5 insurance carriers

Dr. Wilhite is in network with 5 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • CMS Medicare

Plan types Dr. Wilhite accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare5
  2. PPO4
  3. HMO2
  4. POS2
  5. EPO1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Charles E. Wilhite's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesClinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Charles E. Wilhite's NPI number?

Dr. Charles E. Wilhite's NPI number is 1629082136. It was assigned on July 28, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Charles E. Wilhite?

Dr. Charles E. Wilhite is an orthopedic surgeon in Chico, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Charles E. Wilhite practice?

Dr. Wilhite practices at 1531 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926. Dr. Wilhite's primary practice is Enloe Health in Chico, California, part of Enloe Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Wilhite to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Charles E. Wilhite's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Wilhite is (530) 332-7300.

What is Dr. Charles E. Wilhite's medical license number?

Dr. Wilhite's California license number on file is G526750.

Which hospitals is Dr. Charles E. Wilhite affiliated with?

Dr. Wilhite practices at Enloe Health in Chico, California.

What medical group is Dr. Charles E. Wilhite part of?

Dr. Wilhite is linked to Chico Hospitalist Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Wilhite to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Charles E. Wilhite accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Wilhite billed Medicare for 8,168 services in 2024.

What is Dr. Charles E. Wilhite's MIPS score?

Dr. Wilhite's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 85 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Charles E. Wilhite see?

CMS counts 367 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Wilhite in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. Charles E. Wilhite bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Wilhite's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J7331), injected or infused drug (J1100) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Charles E. Wilhite go to medical school?

Dr. Wilhite graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine in 1978.

What drugs does Dr. Charles E. Wilhite prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Wilhite's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Methylprednisolone.

Has Dr. Charles E. Wilhite received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,870 in general payments to Dr. Wilhite from 6 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

How long has Dr. Charles E. Wilhite been practicing?

Dr. Wilhite graduated from medical school in 1978, 48 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Charles E. Wilhite accept?

Dr. Wilhite is in network with 5 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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