Nickolas Scott Baker , PA-C
Physician Assistant • Birmingham, AL
Uab Hospital 619 19th Street S
Birmingham, AL 352490001
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Nickolas Baker is listed in NPPES under Physician Assistant.
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NPI assigned on February 24, 2021; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 136 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 99213 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 43 service units.
- 99204 — New patient outpatient office visit: 37 service units.
- 99214 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 32 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See all 4 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Birmingham, AL (2024, 151 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 154. Middle half: 59 to 324.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Alabama (2024, 501 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 207. Middle half: 69 to 574.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 54 in 2022 to 136 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2022–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
Uab Hospital 619 19th Street S
Birmingham, AL 352490001
NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Birmingham, AL. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: University Of Alabama Health Services Foundation, Pc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
2020
What Public CMS Data Show
Physician Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
111 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $12,944 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $9,102 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $37.30 across 2 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $37.30 across 2 records.
Reporting-company totals
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc: $21.31 across 1 record.
- Prime Surgical, LLC: $15.99 across 1 record.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
6 years (graduated 2020)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2020 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2021
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Nickolas Baker has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Nickolas Baker as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Birmingham and Alabama
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Birmingham, AL (2024, 151 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 154. Middle half: 59 to 324.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Alabama (2024, 501 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 207. Middle half: 69 to 574.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Birmingham, AL (2024, 151 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,971. Middle half: $4,547 to $24,671.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Alabama (2024, 501 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $14,016. Middle half: $5,501 to $33,659.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Birmingham, AL (2024, 151 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $8,845. Middle half: $3,465 to $18,062.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Alabama (2024, 501 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $10,803. Middle half: $4,174 to $24,660.
368 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Birmingham, AL (1,148 in Alabama).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Birmingham
5.4% of these 368 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
61.1% of these 368 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services increased 152% from 54 in 2022 to 136 in 2024.
- 2022: 54
- 2023: 111
- 2024: 136
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 155% from $5,083 in 2022 to $12,944 in 2024.
- 2022: $5,083
- 2023: $8,971
- 2024: $12,944
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 131% from $3,936 in 2022 to $9,102 in 2024.
- 2022: $3,936
- 2023: $6,716
- 2024: $9,102
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $24.84 in 2022 to $37.30 in 2025.
- 2022: $24.84
- 2024: $20.55
- 2025: $37.30
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $37.30.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Skeletal Dynamics Inc |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Geminus | General | $21.31 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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— | General | $15.99 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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99213
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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43 | 33 | $161.00 | $68.71 |
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99204
New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
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37 | 37 | $411.00 | $128.95 |
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99214
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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32 | 31 | $246.00 | $98.99 |
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99203
New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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24 | 24 | $264.00 | $85.46 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2021-03-01NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363A00000X
A physician assistant is a person who has successfully completed an accredited education program for physician assistant, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license. Physician assistants are formally trained to perform many of the routine, time-consuming tasks a physician can do. In some states, they may prescribe medications. They take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, and give inoculations. Most states require that they work under the supervision of a physician.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2084N0400X
A Neurologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or impaired function of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, autonomic nervous system, and blood vessels that relate to these structures.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
I20210415000851
AL
7911315791
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
University Of Alabama Health Services Foundation, Pc
619 19th St S, Birmingham, AL 352491900
Phone: 2059344011
Secondary Practice Locations
500 22nd St S
Birmingham, AL 352333110
Phone: 2059343411
500 22nd St S
Birmingham, AL 352333110
Phone: 2059343411
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Psychiatry & Neurology (license number reported to NPPES: AL PA.1718)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at UAB HOSPITAL 619 19TH STREET S, BIRMINGHAM, AL 352490001 (Tel: 2059757516)
Registered at 801 MONTCLAIR RD APT 4213, BIRMINGHAM, AL 352132005
Recorded as NICKOLAS BAKER, PA-C
Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: AL PA.1718)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Physician Assistants in Birmingham
- Elizabeth Bragg, PA-C
- Valerie Smith, PA-C
- Katherine Lewis, PA-C
- Maureen Russell, PA-C
- Michael Shahid, PA
- Savannah Meredith
Mailing Address
801 Montclair Rd Apt 4213
Birmingham, AL 352132005