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

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1295093052

Nicholas Ballay, MD practises General Surgery in Athens, Tennessee. Qualified in 2012, 14 years ago. Practices with Advanced Diagnostic Imaging PC, a 529-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
14
Licensed in
TN
In the registry since
2012
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

719 Cook Dr
Athens, TN 37303
Phone: (423) 745-2344
Fax: (423) 745-2314
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 304 Wright St Fl 3, Sweetwater, TN 37874-1181 — (423) 252-0288

Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence MD0000056407 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1295093052
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedApril 30, 2012
Last updated in NPPESJuly 19, 2023
Certification dateJuly 19, 2023

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2012 (14 years in practice)
Group practice Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Pc — 529 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.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 50 times · 63rd percentile
Colonoscopy 43 times · 60th percentile
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Mastectomy 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 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 patients258
Services billed 779 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

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.

Food and Beverage $67 3 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

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

Colleagues at Advanced Diagnostic Imaging PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 529 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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