Dr. David B. Musante, MD

  • Durham, NC
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1598740243PAC ID3779544044
Medicare services, 2024
1,188
Medicare patients, 2024
456
Part D claims, 2024
594
Publications
7
Clinical trials
3
Practice address
3916 Ben Franklin Boulevard, Durham, NC 27704
Practice phone
Call (919) 956-9300
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

North Carolina Specialty Hospital

Hospital · Durham, North Carolina

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Dr. David B. Musante is an orthopedic surgeon in Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Musante practices at North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of North Carolina Specialty Hospital.

Dr. Musante's NPI, 1598740243, was assigned on December 14, 2005. Dr. Musante graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Musante holds North Carolina license 200200965.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3779544044
NPI enumeration date
December 14, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(919) 956-9300
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
56
Medical school graduation
1996

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. David B. Musante practices at North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Musante's primary practice is North Carolina Specialty Hospital, at 3916 Ben Franklin Boulevard, Durham, NC 27704 in Durham County. The practice phone is (919) 956-9300.

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Dr. David B. Musante is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Musante's primary practice is North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of North Carolina Specialty Hospital. The medical group on file is EmergeOrtho. Dmand AI also links Dr. Musante to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David B. Musante's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Musante practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
North Carolina Specialty HospitalAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. David B. Musante is one of 809 orthopedic surgeons in North Carolina

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Musante's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Musante is licensed in North Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 200200965 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Musante

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

Dr. David B. Musante billed Medicare for 1,188 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,188 Medicare services from Dr. Musante across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 456 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $99,115 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,188
Medicare patients456
Paid by Medicare$99,115
Procedure codes14

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8822024: 65526%
Imaging
2023: 6202024: 45826%
Surgery
2023: 1392024: 7546%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1042024: 0100%

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

  • In an office1,08191%
  • In a facility1079%

Dr. Musante compared with the North Carolina median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Musante
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
1,188vs 99619% above
Medicare patients
456vs 24189% above
Part D claims
556vs 1573.5 times

Medians across 792 orthopedic surgeons in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Musante'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. David B. Musante treated 456 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 456 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Musante in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 240 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Musante's median patient age at 67, with 57% women.

Medicare patients, 2024456
Average age73
Average risk score0.97
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. Musante's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Musante's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women26658%
  • Men19042%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure74%
  4. Anxiety32%
  5. Diabetes30%
  6. Mood disorders28%
  7. Depression26%
  8. Ischemic heart disease24%

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

Dr. Musante's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women57%
  • Men41%

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

Dr. David B. Musante wrote 594 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Musante wrote 594 Medicare Part D claims for 295 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 556 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,217 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 486 claims across 9 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024594
Drugs named by CMS9
Total drug cost$3,217
Part D patients295

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

  • Generic591 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other3 claims1%

Dr. Musante'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. Musante's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids28%165 of 594 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: 4862024: 55614%

Drugs named by CMS: 9 in 2024, 9 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. David B. Musante scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Musante for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Musante accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Musante as offering telehealth. CMS counts 69 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Musante, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Musante's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Where Dr. Musante ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
86th percentile69 procedures
Spinal fusion
53rd percentile45 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. David B. Musante has 7 publications on record

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Musante, published from 2011 to 2025. The most frequent topics are Pain Measurement, Cervical Vertebrae and COVID-19. Dr. Musante has published most often in J Neurosurg Spine. Dr. Musante's most frequent co-authors are Domagoj Coric, MD, Carl Lauryssen, MD and Charles R. Gordon, MD.

Papers7
Years published2011 to 2025

Dr. Musante's papers by year, 2011 to 2025

Topics Dr. Musante writes about most

  • Pain Measurement
  • Cervical Vertebrae
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Diskectomy
  • Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Spinal Fusion

Dr. Musante's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Musante

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. David B. Musante has worked on 3 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Musante to 3 clinical trials. 1 is still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Neck Pain, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and COVID-19.

Conditions in Dr. Musante's trials

  • Neck Pain
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • COVID-19
  • Paresis

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Musante

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Musante

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. David B. Musante received $3,245 in industry payments from 2016 to 2021

CMS Open Payments shows 36 general payments to Dr. Musante from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2021. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 50% of the total. Orthofix Medical, Inc. paid the most, $1,486. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $4,445 in 2016.

General payments to Dr. Musante by program year, 2016 to 2021

General payments to Dr. Musante by kind, 2016 to 2021

$3.2Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$1,63950%
  • Royalties and licenses$89227%
  • Food and beverage$71522%

Companies that paid Dr. Musante the most, 2016 to 2021

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. David B. Musante graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine

Dr. Musante graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1996.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. David B. Musante'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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. David B. Musante's NPI number?

Dr. David B. Musante's NPI number is 1598740243. It was assigned on December 14, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. David B. Musante?

Dr. David B. Musante is an orthopedic surgeon in Durham, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. David B. Musante practice?

Dr. Musante practices at 3916 Ben Franklin Boulevard, Durham, NC 27704. Dr. Musante's primary practice is North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of North Carolina Specialty Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Musante to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. David B. Musante's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Musante is (919) 956-9300.

What is Dr. David B. Musante's medical license number?

Dr. Musante holds North Carolina license 200200965.

Which hospitals is Dr. David B. Musante affiliated with?

Dr. Musante practices at North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, North Carolina.

What medical group is Dr. David B. Musante part of?

Dr. Musante is linked to EmergeOrtho.

Does Dr. David B. Musante accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Musante billed Medicare for 1,188 services in 2024, and Dr. Musante accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. David B. Musante offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Musante as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. David B. Musante's MIPS score?

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

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. David B. Musante see?

CMS counts 456 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Musante in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. David B. Musante bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Musante's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99214) and diagnostic imaging (72110).

Where did Dr. David B. Musante go to medical school?

Dr. Musante graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1996.

What drugs does Dr. David B. Musante prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Musante's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Tramadol HCl and Gabapentin.

Has Dr. David B. Musante received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,245 in general payments to Dr. Musante from 8 companies from 2016 to 2021. The largest total came from Orthofix Medical, Inc.

How long has Dr. David B. Musante been practicing?

Dr. Musante graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.

Does Dr. David B. Musante do research?

Dmand AI links 7 publications to Dr. Musante, published from 2011 to 2025. Dr. Musante has worked on 3 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. David B. Musante publish with?

Dr. Musante's most frequent co-authors are Domagoj Coric, MD (4 shared papers), Carl Lauryssen, MD (4 shared papers) and Charles R. Gordon, MD (2 shared papers).

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