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

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1528053550

Stephen J Nicholas, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Nyc, New York. Qualified in 1986, 40 years ago. Practices with Stephen J Nicholas MD PC, a 27-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in New York.

Years since qualifying
40
Licensed in
NY
In the registry since
2005
Specialties on file
2
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

130 E 77th St 5th Fl
Nyc, NY 10021-1851
Phone: (212) 737-3301
Fax: (212) 737-4876
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Specialties & licences

Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XX0005X · Licence 172648 (NY)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 172648 (NY)

Record details

NPI number1528053550
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedSeptember 15, 2005
Last updated in NPPESJuly 13, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1986 (40 years in practice)
Group practice Stephen J Nicholas Md Pc — 27 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations4 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.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 31 times · 97th percentile
Knee replacement 56 times · 82nd percentile
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 30 times · 74th percentile
Hip replacement 12 times · 53rd percentile
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 patients855
Services billed 15,276 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $77,871 8 payments
Food and Beverage $1,532 14 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Royalty or License $1,179 4 payments · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time

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 2 inpatient rehabilitation facilities, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at Stephen J Nicholas MD PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 27 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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