Dr. Melvin Cherry , MD
Internal Medicine • Lansing, MI
5303 S Cedar St
Lansing, MI 489113800
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Dr. Melvin Cherry is listed in NPPES under Internal Medicine.
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NPI assigned on September 27, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 674 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 99309 — Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day: 383 service units.
- 99305 — Initial nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day: 223 service units.
- 99308 — Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day: 22 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
CPT® only copyright 2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Service names are shortened from CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors (CMS data, 2024). CPT notice
See all 6 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 10,424 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Atorvastatin Calcium — 912 prescription fills, including refills.
- Eliquis (Apixaban) — 707 prescription fills, including refills.
- Amlodipine Besylate — 325 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See all 173 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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More Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Lansing, MI (2024, 60 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 430. Middle half: 238 to 704.
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Michigan (2024, 3,221 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 500. Middle half: 235 to 939.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 52 in 2020 to 674 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
5303 S Cedar St
Lansing, MI 489113800
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Internal Medicine: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
325 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $73,688 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $51,815 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
30-day fills
10,447 standardized 30-day fills in 2024
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$739,111 in 2024
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $19.57 in 2020
Drug and medical device companies must report certain payments to doctors and some other clinicians to CMS, such as meals, travel, speaking fees or research funding.
It shows reported financial ties between this clinician and companies. You can ask your clinician about them.
These records are submitted by drug and medical device companies, and a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.
General: payments not tied to research, such as meals, travel, consulting or speaking fees.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper. Research payments can go to a hospital or university for a study the clinician leads, not to the clinician personally. Clinicians can dispute records with the company that reported them.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2020.
NPI first issued
2006
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Cherry has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Cherry as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Lansing and Michigan
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Lansing, MI (2024, 60 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 430. Middle half: 238 to 704.
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Michigan (2024, 3,221 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 500. Middle half: 235 to 939.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Lansing, MI (2024, 60 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $45,626. Middle half: $21,809 to $66,293.
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Michigan (2024, 3,221 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $44,939. Middle half: $22,469 to $79,869.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Lansing, MI (2024, 60 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $31,982. Middle half: $15,277 to $51,524.
A higher Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Michigan (2024, 3,221 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $34,504. Middle half: $16,918 to $61,281.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
More Part D prescriptions than 90% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Lansing, MI (2024, 92 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 148. Middle half: 86 to 2,363.
More Part D prescriptions than 90% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Michigan (2024, 3,455 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 801. Middle half: 94 to 5,008.
Part D drug cost
A higher Part D drug cost than 85% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Lansing, MI (2024, 92 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,988. Middle half: $1,581 to $233,122.
A higher Part D drug cost than 85% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Michigan (2024, 3,455 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $64,623. Middle half: $1,893 to $461,270.
135 active clinicians are listed under Internal Medicine with a practice address in Lansing, MI (5,734 in Michigan).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Lansing
9.6% of these 135 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
49.6% of these 135 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services increased 1196% from 52 in 2020 to 674 in 2024.
- 2020: 52
- 2021: 800
- 2022: 1,830
- 2023: 1,376
- 2024: 674
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount went from $498 in 2020 to $73,688 in 2024.
- 2020: $498
- 2021: $70,967
- 2022: $164,966
- 2023: $147,470
- 2024: $73,688
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare went from $498 in 2020 to $51,815 in 2024.
- 2020: $498
- 2021: $56,484
- 2022: $120,041
- 2023: $109,125
- 2024: $51,815
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions increased 21% from 8,596 in 2020 to 10,424 in 2024.
- 2020: 8,596
- 2021: 5,162
- 2022: 9,214
- 2023: 11,177
- 2024: 10,424
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 13% from 11,984 in 2020 to 10,447 in 2024.
- 2020: 11,984
- 2021: 7,354
- 2022: 9,345
- 2023: 11,229
- 2024: 10,447
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost increased 39% from $532,742 in 2020 to $739,111 in 2024.
- 2020: $532,742
- 2021: $344,896
- 2022: $594,314
- 2023: $795,048
- 2024: $739,111
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
CMS data for industry payments (Open Payments) are available for 2020 only.
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2020), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2020 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2020): fewer than 11 records totaling $19.57.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Allergan, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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VRAYLAR | General | $19.57 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2020, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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99309
Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes
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383 | 187 | $214.00 | $102.36 |
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99305
Initial nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 35 minutes
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223 | 172 | $268.00 | $127.02 |
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99308
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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22 | 18 | $150.00 | $70.13 |
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99309
Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes
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18 | 18 | $214.00 | $102.38 |
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99497
Advance care planning, first 30 minutes
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16 | 16 | $166.00 | $78.55 |
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99305
Initial nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 35 minutes
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12 | 12 | $268.00 | $126.35 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 912 | 24,104 | $22,279.14 | 188 |
| Eliquis | Apixaban | 707 | 9,544 | $207,094.20 | 88 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 325 | 8,490 | $3,841.40 | 87 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | Levothyroxine Sodium | 265 | 6,909 | $3,659.45 | 57 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | Tamsulosin Hcl | 250 | 6,329 | $5,749.25 | 54 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | Metoprolol Tartrate | 225 | 5,601 | $2,407.16 | 67 |
| Levetiracetam | Levetiracetam | 225 | 5,844 | $11,814.98 | 43 |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 213 | 5,510 | $1,693.49 | 59 |
| Donepezil Hcl | Donepezil Hcl | 197 | 5,541 | $5,959.88 | 38 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 188 | 5,127 | $4,809.30 | 52 |
| Divalproex Sodium | Divalproex Sodium | 184 | 4,424 | $7,667.65 | 32 |
| Sertraline Hcl | Sertraline Hcl | 178 | 4,704 | $3,474.61 | 37 |
| Clopidogrel | Clopidogrel Bisulfate | 174 | 4,663 | $5,025.68 | 42 |
| Potassium Chloride | Potassium Chloride | 170 | 4,579 | $3,492.49 | 41 |
| Jardiance | Empagliflozin | 167 | 2,259 | $50,331.30 | 28 |
| Trazodone Hcl | Trazodone Hcl | 164 | 4,171 | $3,251.56 | 40 |
| Lisinopril | Lisinopril | 151 | 4,096 | $2,294.14 | 49 |
| Entresto | Sacubitril/Valsartan | 145 | 1,986 | $45,506.27 | 15 |
| Carvedilol | Carvedilol | 144 | 3,830 | $2,909.28 | 46 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | Pantoprazole Sodium | 143 | 3,117 | $3,291.14 | 31 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | Hydralazine Hcl | 129 | 3,281 | $2,501.19 | 40 |
| Baclofen | Baclofen | 120 | 2,993 | $3,842.66 | 21 |
| Losartan Potassium | Losartan Potassium | 120 | 3,215 | $1,958.64 | 42 |
| Nifedipine Er | Nifedipine | 116 | 2,907 | $2,730.18 | 23 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | Quetiapine Fumarate | 114 | 2,735 | $2,752.01 | 34 |
(top 25 shown)
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
A physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - INTERNAL MEDICINE
I20040721001501
MI
6608856596
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Family Nurse Practitioner
Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Family Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated September 27, 2006.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to November 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Internal Medicine Providers in Lansing
- Dr. Philip Wyatt, DO
- Dr. Salma Mohamed, MD
- Dr. Robert Hillman, DO
- Dr. Immanuel Jackson, DO
- Dr. Devin Patel, MD
- Dr. Nikhil Regmi, MD
Mailing Address
5303 S Cedar St
Lansing, MI 489113800
Phone: 5178874302