What is Kevin Nickell's specialty?

Kevin Nickell (NPI 1053388785) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Urology in Houston, TX.

Where does Kevin Nickell practice?

Kevin Nickell practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1053388785.

How much does Medicare pay Kevin Nickell?

Kevin Nickell (NPI 1053388785) received approximately $363K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 914 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1053388785

Kevin NickellMD

UrologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,347

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,529

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$236K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 656 Urology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 2,730).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,524

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.7M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Tamsulosin Hcl1,697 claims

Finasteride1,214 claims

Solifenacin Succinate274 claims

Cephalexin204 claims

Cefdinir197 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

99.2

Quality

10.9

Cost

82.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

1.02%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (5)

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kevin Nickell's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 18 inbound referrers · 37 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	115	232
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	69	200
HMU SURGICAL CENTER, LLC	29	61
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	21	105
HUEBNER, GENE	18	117
DALTON, STEPHEN	17	27
Patrick Johnson Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	16	36
Kota Reddy Cardiology · Sugarland, TX	14	37
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	14	22
Shahe Vartivarian Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	12	201
Sanford Lubetkin Cardiology · Houston, TX	12	29
CHI ST. LUKE'S HEALTH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MEDICAL CENTER	12	57

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Rita Fe Tibbs Pathology · Houston, TX	347	632
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	136	315
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	103	269
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	83	224
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	64	186
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	51	85
HMU SURGICAL CENTER, LLC	40	93
LIGHT, ROBERT	28	50
Patrick Johnson Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	22	44
Thanh Van Radiation Oncology · Houston, TX	20	53
Timothy Painter Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	20	35
Stephen Lee Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	18	37

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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