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

Individual provider Trauma Surgery Physician · NPI 1619355815

Rachel Appelbaum practises General Surgery in Nashville, Tennessee. Qualified in 2015, 11 years ago. Practices with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a 3,466-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
11
Licensed in
TN
In the registry since
2015
Specialties on file
2
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Practice location Address checks out

3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232-0001
Phone: (615) 936-2000
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, TN 37232 — (615) 322-5000

Specialties & licences

Trauma Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 2086S0127X · Licence 65659 (TN)
Surgical Critical Care Physician Taxonomy 2086S0102X · Licence 65659 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1619355815
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedMay 8, 2015
Last updated in NPPESAugust 6, 2025
Certification dateAugust 6, 2025

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2015 (11 years in practice)
Group practice Vanderbilt University Medical Center — 3466 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.

Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 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 patients219
Services billed 451 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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.

Practises at

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

Colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3466 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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