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

Individual provider Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician · NPI 1558771576

Luke Nicholson, MD practises Hand Surgery in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 2013, 13 years ago. Practices with USC Care Medical Group Inc, a 1,371-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
13
Trained at
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2014
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

1520 San Pablo St Ste 2000
Los Angeles, CA 90033-5322
Phone: (323) 442-5860
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XS0106X · Licence A131976 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1558771576
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 29, 2014
Last updated in NPPESNovember 27, 2023
Certification dateSeptember 7, 2020

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyHAND SURGERY
Also practisesORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolTUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE
Graduated 2013 (13 years in practice)
Group practice Usc Care Medical Group Inc — 1371 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations9 on file with Medicare

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.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 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 patients426
Services billed 961 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 $23,600 4 payments
Education $21,600 3 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $11,500 2 payments
Travel and Lodging $11,089 21 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $1,137 12 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 hospital, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at USC Care Medical Group Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1371 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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