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Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD

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(David S. Rubenstein, MD, PhD)

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Specializes in: Dermatology (Skin Disorders) and General Practice

Duke University School of Medicine (1993)

Professional interests include: inflammatory skin disease

410 Market Street Suite 400A
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

(984) 974-3900

Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD is a dermatologist in Chapel Hill, NC specializing in dermatology (skin disorders) and general practice. He graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1993 and has 33 years of experience. Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD is affiliated with UNC Health and UNC Hospitals.

Office Locations

410 Market Street Suite 400A
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

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3921 Sunset Ridge Road Suite 202
Raleigh, NC 27607

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD treated as a dermatologist in Chapel Hill, NC during 2012 were removal of lesion (e.g. growth), skin procedures, diagnostic procedures and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	21
diagnostic procedures	140
doctor visit	587
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	281
skin procedures	281

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD treated as a dermatologist in Chapel Hill, NC during 2013 were removal of lesion (e.g. growth), skin procedures and diagnostic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD for Medicare patients.

diagnostic procedures	147
doctor visit	558
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	266
skin procedures	266

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD.

**Gender**
Male	210
Female	209

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	365
Black	37
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	191
From 75 to 84	132
85 and over	40
Less than 65	56

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD in 2013

Hypertension	58
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	26
Dementia	5
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD treated as a dermatologist in Chapel Hill, NC during 2014 were removal of lesion (e.g. growth), skin procedures and diagnostic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD for Medicare patients.

diagnostic procedures	45
doctor visit	175
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	90
skin procedures	90

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD.

**Gender**
Male	83
Female	60

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	132
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	72
From 75 to 84	34
85 and over	22
Less than 65	15

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD in 2014

Hypertension	57
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	23
Dementia	8
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD treated as a dermatologist in Chapel Hill, NC during 2015 were removal of lesion (e.g. growth), skin procedures and diagnostic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD for Medicare patients.

diagnostic procedures	45
doctor visit	165
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	104
skin procedures	104

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD.

**Gender**
Male	124
Female	126

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	228
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	142
From 75 to 84	54
85 and over	30
Less than 65	24

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD in 2015

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	29
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD treated as a dermatologist in Chapel Hill, NC during 2016 were removal of lesion (e.g. growth), skin procedures, diagnostic procedures and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	14
diagnostic procedures	36
doctor visit	142
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	81
skin procedures	81

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD.

**Gender**
Male	52
Female	50

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	90
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	54
From 75 to 84	24
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD in 2016

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	45
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	29
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD treated as a dermatologist in Chapel Hill, NC during 2017 were removal of lesion (e.g. growth), skin procedures and diagnostic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD for Medicare patients.

diagnostic procedures	28
doctor visit	110
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	74
skin procedures	74

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD.

**Gender**
Male	47
Female	47

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	82
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	48
From 75 to 84	27
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD in 2017

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	45
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	32
Dementia	0
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD treated as a dermatologist in Chapel Hill, NC during 2018 were removal of lesion (e.g. growth), skin procedures and diagnostic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD for Medicare patients.

diagnostic procedures	21
doctor visit	113
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	60
skin procedures	60

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD.

**Gender**
Male	56
Female	39

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	84
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	59
From 75 to 84	25
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD in 2018

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	14
Chronic Kidney Disease	31
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	33
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD treated as a dermatologist in Chapel Hill, NC during 2019 were removal of lesion (e.g. growth) and skin procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	113
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	79
skin procedures	79

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD.

**Gender**
Male	55
Female	40

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	82
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	51
From 75 to 84	31
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD in 2019

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	27
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	23

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD.

**Gender**
Male	15
Female	15

**Age**
From 65 to 74	17
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD in 2020

Hypertension	53
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2020

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD treated as a dermatologist in Chapel Hill, NC were removal of lesion (e.g. growth), skin procedures, diagnostic procedures and blood draw.

blood draw	17
diagnostic procedures	66
doctor visit	220
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	129
skin procedures	129

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2020

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD.

**Gender**
Male	71
Female	65

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	4
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	118
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	36
85 and over	10
Less than 65	10
65 to 74	70

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD From 2012 - 2020

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	53
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	13
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	4
Osteoporosis	0
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	4
Diabetes	22
Atrial Fibrillation	2
Dementia	1
Cancer	3

Education & Training

Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1993. He completed residency at University of North Carolina (UNC) Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the Dermatology, Board Certified and has a state license in North Carolina.

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine (1993)

Residency: University of North Carolina (UNC) Affiliated Hospitals (1997)

Board Certification: Dermatology, Board Certified (2016)

Licensed In: North Carolina

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

UNC Health

UNC Hospitals

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD appears to accept the following insurance providers: WellCare, Medicare Advantage, AmeriHealth, United Healthcare, Medicaid, Humana, Cigna, OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions (United Behavioral Health), CHAMPVA, Centene, Group Health Plan (GHP), HealthTeam Advantage, MedCost PPO, FirstCarolinaCare Insurance Company Group Health Plans, North Carolina State Health Plan, Atlantic (Packaging) Corporation, Inc. (administered by Lucent Health), BCBSNC Blue Home with UNC Health Alliance (Blue Home with Novant Health is out of network), FirstCarolinaCare FirstMedicare Direct, Contigo Health Plan (WakeMed employees only) (out-of-network beginning January 1, 2026), Aetna Premier Care Network Plus (APCN+) (Tier 2), BCBSNC Group Health Plans (except for Blue High Performance Network (BlueHPN)), Aetna Whole Health (Tier 2), Meritain Health, an Aetna Company, Longevity Health Plan I-SNP and Veterans Affairs Community Care Network.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD accepts the following insurance providers:

WellCare

Medicare Advantage

AmeriHealth

United Healthcare

Medicaid

Humana

Cigna

OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions (United Behavioral Health)

CHAMPVA

Centene

Group Health Plan (GHP)

HealthTeam Advantage

MedCost PPO

FirstCarolinaCare Insurance Company Group Health Plans

North Carolina State Health Plan

Atlantic (Packaging) Corporation, Inc. (administered by Lucent Health)

BCBSNC Blue Home with UNC Health Alliance (Blue Home with Novant Health is out of network)

FirstCarolinaCare FirstMedicare Direct

Contigo Health Plan (WakeMed employees only) (out-of-network beginning January 1, 2026)

Aetna Premier Care Network Plus (APCN+) (Tier 2)

BCBSNC Group Health Plans (except for Blue High Performance Network (BlueHPN))

Aetna Whole Health (Tier 2)

Meritain Health, an Aetna Company

Longevity Health Plan I-SNP

Veterans Affairs Community Care Network

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. David S. Rubenstein, MD PhD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Amgen Inc.	$21,482 Enbrel $21,482
AbbVie, Inc.	$10,631 Humira $10,631
Galderma Laboratories, L.P.	$10 $10

**Types of Payments**
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$27,100
Travel and Lodging	$4,331
Food and Beverage	$692

Biography

Dr. David Rubenstein is a physician who specializes in general practice and dermatology (skin disorders). After completing medical school at Duke University School of Medicine, he performed his residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of North Carolina (UNC). In his practice, he is particularly interested in inflammatory skin disease. Dr. Rubenstein accepts Coventry, Group Health Plan (GHP), CHAMPVA, and more. He is professionally affiliated with UNC Hospitals. According to UNC Health, he is currently accepting new patients at his office in Chapel Hill, NC.