PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629071022

Melinda NickelsM.D.

PRACTICESWAT SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, L.L.P.See all providers at this practice →

General SurgeryLubbock, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

280

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

325

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$40K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,477 General Surgery providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 212).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

101

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$396

Distinct drugs

Brand share

21.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Tramadol Hcl79 claims

Lidocaine/Prilocaine22 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$172

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$172

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melinda Nickels'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). 14 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Ameripath Lubbock 501a Corporation Clinical Laboratory · Lubbock, TX	31	81
Steven White Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	20	73
MARTINEZ, WALDO	20	35
LUBBOCK RADIOLOGY LP	18	69
Brian Bruening Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	18	37
PORTER, SCOTT	17	45
Amy Rivas Nurse Practitioner · Lubbock, TX	17	32
James Wolfe Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	17	43
Thomas Windisch Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	16	31
LUBBOCK HERITAGE HOSPITAL, LLC.	15	60
Houssam Al Kharrat Gastroenterology · Lubbock, TX	15	43
Thomas Callahan Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Worth, TX	13	25

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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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