Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Charles L Nelson, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1841228343

Charles L Nelson, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Graduated from Perelman School of Med at the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, 34 years ago. Practices with University of Penn-Medical Group, a 3,401-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Pennsylvania.

Years since qualifying
34
Trained at
Perelman School of Med at the University of Pennsylvania
Licensed in
PA
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

3737 Market St 7 Fl
Philadelphia, PA 19104-5545 Not confirmed with CMS for 12 years — call before visiting
Phone: (215) 662-3340
Fax: (215) 222-8875
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence MD054282L (PA)

Record details

NPI number1841228343
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 30, 2006
Last updated in NPPESOctober 31, 2014

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolPERELMAN SCHOOL OF MED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Graduated 1992 (34 years in practice)
Group practice University Of Penn-Medical Group — 3401 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Hip replacement 123 times · 98th percentile
Knee replacement 122 times · 95th percentile
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients475
Services billed 840 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $30,000 8 payments
Education $27,380 14 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $8,201 21 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $4,486 52 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Also affiliated with 1 long-term care hospital, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at University of Penn-Medical Group

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3401 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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