Dr. Nelson T Goff , DC, CCSP
Chiropractor • Palm Desert, CA
74282 Highway 111
Palm Desert, CA 922604139
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NPI assigned on December 28, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 229 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:
- 98941 — Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions: 229 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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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Palm Desert, CA (2024, 17 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,017. Middle half: 376 to 1,166.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in California (2024, 2,142 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 362. Middle half: 186 to 698.
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 261 in 2020 to 229 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
74282 Highway 111
Palm Desert, CA 922604139
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
1986
What Public CMS Data Show
Chiropractor: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
20 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 $9,231 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 $6,698 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.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $96.72 in 2021
Drug and medical device companies must report certain payments to doctors and some other clinicians to CMS, such as meals, travel, speaking fees or research funding.
It shows reported financial ties between this clinician and companies. You can ask your clinician about them.
These records are submitted by drug and medical device companies, and a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.
General: payments not tied to research, such as meals, travel, consulting or speaking fees.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper. Research payments can go to a hospital or university for a study the clinician leads, not to the clinician personally. Clinicians can dispute records with the company that reported them.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2021.
Years since graduation
40 years (graduated 1986)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1986 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
2006
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)
Dr. Goff 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.
Compared with the same specialty in Palm Desert and California
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Palm Desert, CA (2024, 17 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,017. Middle half: 376 to 1,166.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in California (2024, 2,142 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 362. Middle half: 186 to 698.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Palm Desert, CA (2024, 17 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $37,648. Middle half: $14,092 to $47,911.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in California (2024, 2,142 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $14,317. Middle half: $7,290 to $27,976.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Palm Desert, CA (2024, 17 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $28,969. Middle half: $10,366 to $35,021.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in California (2024, 2,142 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $10,332. Middle half: $5,207 to $20,114.
36 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Palm Desert, CA (11,501 in California).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Palm Desert
0% of these 36 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
36.1% of these 36 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 decreased 12% from 261 in 2020 to 229 in 2024.
- 2020: 261
- 2021: 464
- 2022: 309
- 2023: 360
- 2024: 229
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 18% from $11,194 in 2020 to $9,231 in 2024.
- 2020: $11,194
- 2021: $19,539
- 2022: $12,780
- 2023: $14,792
- 2024: $9,231
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 20% from $8,373 in 2020 to $6,698 in 2024.
- 2020: $8,373
- 2021: $14,653
- 2022: $9,511
- 2023: $10,703
- 2024: $6,698
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
CMS data for industry payments (Open Payments) are available for 2021 only.
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2021), 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 2021 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2021): fewer than 11 records totaling $96.72.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Biogen, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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— | General | $96.72 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2021, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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98941
Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions
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229 | 20 | $60.00 | $40.31 |
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: 2026-03-06NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X
A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111NS0005X
A sports chiropractor is uniquely trained to provide care and treatment of injuries or illness resulting from sports and physical fitness activities. Doctors of Chiropractic with the Diplomate American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (DACBSP) or the Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP), sport specialty certifications from the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians, have advanced training in the assessment, management and rehabilitation of sports related injuries. Extremity care, rehabilitation and soft tissue procedures are common skills utilized by these doctors. The specialty training covers a broad spectrum from the pediatric athlete to professional and Olympic athletes, and everything in between, using a variety of techniques and modalities.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - CHIROPRACTIC
I20120703000155
CA
6901061613
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 74282 HIGHWAY 111, PALM DESERT, CA 922604139 (Tel: 7603650881)
Registered at PO BOX 7, PALM DESERT, CA 922610007 (Tel: 7603650881)
Recorded as NELSON GOFF, D.C., CCSP
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: CA 1174)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 57374 29 PALMS HWY, YUCCA VALLEY, CA 922842927 (Tel: 7603650881)
Registered at 57374 29 PALMS HWY, YUCCA VALLEY, CA 922842927 (Tel: 7603650881)
Recorded as NELSON GOFF, D.C., CCSP, DACAN
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: CA DC18097)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Chiropractors in Palm Desert
- Dr. Stephanie Nazemi, DC
- Dr. Shawn Scott, DC
- Dr. Navid Nazemi, DC
- Dr. Andrew Harrel, DC
- Dr. William Hathaway, DC
- Dr. Shannon Jones, DC
Mailing Address
Po Box 7
Palm Desert, CA 922610007
Phone: 7603650881