Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD

Dr. Nicolls practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University.

Dr. Nicolls' NPI, 1497845176, was assigned on October 13, 2006. Dr. Nicolls graduated from Stanford University School Of Medicine in 1993. Dr. Nicolls holds California license G80438.

Dr. Nicolls' primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive, at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 in Santa Clara County. The practice phone is (650) 723-4000.

Dr. Nicolls' primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University. The medical group on file is Stanford Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nicolls to 1 more hospital, named with a free account. Dr. Nicolls' employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Nicolls practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Nicolls' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Nicolls is board certified in pulmonary disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Nicolls' licenses on file in 2 states: California and Colorado.

CMS data shows 82 Medicare services from Dr. Nicolls across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 51 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $10,402 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 51 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nicolls in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 25 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have diabetes. 45% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.42, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nicolls' median patient age at 59, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Nicolls wrote 174 Medicare Part D claims for 32 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 80 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $401 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 12 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Nicolls for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Nicolls accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 160 papers to Dr. Nicolls, published from 2004 to 2025. 2016 was the busiest year, with 10. The most frequent topics are Hypertension, Pulmonary, Lung Transplantation and Lung. Dr. Nicolls has published most often in Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Dr. Nicolls' most frequent co-authors are Roham Tahmaseb Zamanian, MD, Joe L. Hsu, MD and Gundeep Singh Dhillon, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Nicolls to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Scleroderma, Systemic and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

CMS Open Payments shows 6 general payments to Dr. Nicolls from 4 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company paid the most, $281.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Nicolls, most recently Association of American Physicians in 2020.

Dr. Nicolls graduated from Stanford University School Of Medicine in 1993.

Dr. Nicolls is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.