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Dr. Nicklesh Thakur, DO
NPI1801917554PAC ID8729019740
- Medicare services, 2024
- 80,538
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 576
- Part D claims, 2024
- 5,778
- Publications
- 1
- Clinical trials
- 2
- Practice address
- 2800 L St, Sacramento, CA 95816
- Practice phone
- Call (916) 441-0400
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Acute Care Surgery Medical Group, Inc.
Sacramento, California
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Dr. Nicklesh Thakur is a neurosurgeon in Sacramento, California
Dr. Thakur practices at Acute Care Surgery Medical Group, Inc. in Sacramento, California.
Dr. Thakur's NPI, 1801917554, was assigned on April 2, 2007. Dr. Thakur graduated from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University in 2001. Dr. Thakur holds California license 20A9158.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1801917554NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 8729019740
- NPI enumeration date
- April 2, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (916) 441-0400
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 51
- Medical school graduation
- 2001
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur practices at Acute Care Surgery Medical Group, Inc. in Sacramento, California
Dr. Thakur's primary practice is Acute Care Surgery Medical Group, Inc., at 2800 L St, Sacramento, CA 95816 in Sacramento County. The practice phone is (916) 441-0400.
- Acute Care Surgery Medical Group, Inc.2800 L St, Sacramento, CA 95816 · Sacramento CountyPhone(916) 441-0400
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Thakur's primary practice is Acute Care Surgery Medical Group, Inc. in Sacramento, California. Dr. Thakur is also affiliated with Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The medical group on file is SGMF Radiology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Thakur to 5 more hospitals, 2 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Acute Care Surgery Medical Group, Inc.Primary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Nicklesh Thakur's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Thakur practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Acute Care Surgery Medical Group, Inc. | Available with a free account |
| +9 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Nicklesh Thakur is one of 846 neurosurgeons in California
Neurological surgery is Dr. Thakur's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Thakur is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Thakur is licensed in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Neurological surgery, CaliforniaPrimary
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, essential tremor, hereditary polyneuropathy, migraine and chronic headache, mobility impairment, neuropathy and non-alzheimer's dementia (chronic) among the conditions Dr. Thakur treats.
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur billed Medicare for 80,538 services in 2024
CMS data shows 80,538 Medicare services from Dr. Thakur across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 576 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $525,739 for them. Every service was in an office.
Medicare services, 202480,538
Medicare patients576
Paid by Medicare$525,739
Procedure codes14
Dr. Thakur's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 71,1632024: 77,95510%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,2072024: 1,2262%
- Other services
- 2023: 862024: 914963%
- Surgery
- 2023: 4012024: 36110%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 892024: 828%
Dr. Thakur compared with the California median for neurosurgeons, 2024
- Dr. Thakur
- California median
- Medicare services
- 80,538vs 216372.9 times
- Medicare patients
- 576vs 1543.7 times
- Part D claims
- 5,541vs 26213.1 times
Medians across 679 neurosurgeons in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Thakur's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur treated 576 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 576 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Thakur in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 243 patients. 66% of them have high blood pressure, and 66% have high cholesterol. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.46, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Thakur's median patient age at 74, with 54% women.
Medicare patients, 2024576
Average age76
Average risk score1.46
Also on Medicaid18%
Dr. Thakur's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Thakur's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women30353%
- Men27347%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Thakur's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure66%
- High cholesterol66%
- Parkinson's disease56%
- Arthritis53%
- Mood disorders41%
- Depression37%
- Anxiety33%
- Diabetes26%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Thakur's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 74
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women54%
- Men42%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur wrote 5,778 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Thakur wrote 5,778 Medicare Part D claims for 654 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,541 of them, across 66 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,043,770 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 5,720 claims across 63 drugs.
Part D claims, 20245,778
Drugs named by CMS66
Total drug cost$2M
Part D patients654
Dr. Thakur's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic4,833 claims84%
- Brand-name945 claims16%
Dr. Thakur's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Thakur's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids0%12 of 5,778 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over3%201 of 5,778 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 5,7202024: 5,5413%
Drugs named by CMS: 66 in 2024, 63 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Thakur accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Thakur as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Nicklesh Thakur has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Thakur.
Papers1
Recent publications by Dr. Thakur
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur has worked on 2 clinical trials
Dmand AI links Dr. Thakur to 2 clinical trials. Conditions studied include dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiency, Parkinson Disease and Parkinsonian Disorders. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Thakur that name 1 trial.
Conditions in Dr. Thakur's trials
- dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiency
- Parkinson Disease
- Parkinsonian Disorders
- Pure Autonomic Failure
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Thakur
- Jose Edgardo Gamez, MD2 shared trials
- Baha Al-Deen Abu-Esheh, MD1 shared trial
- Laurence M. Adams, MD1 shared trial
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Thakur
$1,954 in research paymentsParkinson DiseaseParkinsonian DisordersPimavanserinQuetiapine
Sustained Effect of Droxidopa in Symptomatic Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension (opens in a new tab)
Completed
dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiencyPure Autonomic FailureDroxidopa capsules
Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur received $18,969 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 85 general payments to Dr. Thakur from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Honoraria make up the largest share, 34% of the total. MDD US Operations, LLC paid the most, $7,303. It also lists 9 research payments totaling $1,954 in 2019, naming 1 clinical trial.
General payments to Dr. Thakur by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Thakur by kind, 2016 to 2025
$19Kin total
- Honoraria$6,40034%
- Consulting fees$4,99026%
- Food and beverage$3,89321%
- Speaker and faculty fees$2,07511%
- Other$1,6118%
Companies that paid Dr. Thakur the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur has 2 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Thakur, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.
Awards and honors for Dr. Thakur
- 2013
- CMS Stage 1 EHR
- Undated
- Super Doc
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur graduated from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University
Dr. Thakur graduated from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University in 2001. Dr. Thakur is a member of AAN and MDS.
- Medical school
- Board certified in neurology
- Board certified in 2006 - 2021
- Board certified in 2005 - 2026
- Board certified in 2004 - 2008
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers
Dr. Thakur is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- Elevance
- HCSC
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Regence Health Plans
- Alliant Health Plans
- +5 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Thakur accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO9
- Medicare7
- HMO6
- EPO4
- POS3
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Nicklesh Thakur's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | Dmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Nicklesh Thakur's NPI number?
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur's NPI number is 1801917554. It was assigned on April 2, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Nicklesh Thakur?
Dr. Nicklesh Thakur is a neurosurgeon in Sacramento, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurological Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207T00000X).
Where does Dr. Nicklesh Thakur practice?
Dr. Thakur practices at 2800 L St, Sacramento, CA 95816. Dr. Thakur's primary practice is Acute Care Surgery Medical Group, Inc. in Sacramento, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Thakur to 5 hospitals, 2 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Nicklesh Thakur's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Thakur is (916) 441-0400.
What is Dr. Nicklesh Thakur's medical license number?
Dr. Thakur holds California license 20A9158.
Which hospitals is Dr. Nicklesh Thakur affiliated with?
Dr. Thakur is affiliated with Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. Dmand AI links Dr. Thakur to 5 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Nicklesh Thakur part of?
Dr. Thakur is linked to SGMF Radiology.
Does Dr. Nicklesh Thakur accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Thakur billed Medicare for 80,538 services in 2024, and Dr. Thakur accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Nicklesh Thakur offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Thakur as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Nicklesh Thakur see?
CMS counts 576 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Thakur in 2024, with an average age of 76.
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Is Dr. Nicklesh Thakur board certified?
Yes. Dr. Thakur is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
What services does Dr. Nicklesh Thakur bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Thakur's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0585), medicare service (G2211) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Nicklesh Thakur go to medical school?
Dr. Thakur graduated from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University in 2001.
What drugs does Dr. Nicklesh Thakur prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Thakur's most prescribed drugs by claims were Carbidopa-Levodopa, Carbidopa-Levodopa ER and Gabapentin.
Has Dr. Nicklesh Thakur received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $18,969 in general payments to Dr. Thakur from 20 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from MDD US Operations, LLC.
How long has Dr. Nicklesh Thakur been practicing?
Dr. Thakur graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.
Does Dr. Nicklesh Thakur do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Thakur. Dr. Thakur has worked on 2 clinical trials.
What insurance does Dr. Nicklesh Thakur accept?
Dr. Thakur is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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