Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos, MD

  • Venice, FL
  • Plastic surgeon
NPI1851316772PAC ID4587837513
Medicare services, 2024
1,864
Medicare patients, 2024
264
Part D claims, 2024
148
Publications
10
MIPS score, 2024
75
Practice address
135 San Marco Dr, Venice, FL 34285-3231
Practice phone
Call (941) 484-6836
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Primary practice

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center

Physician office · Venice, Florida

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Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos is a plastic surgeon in Venice, Florida

Dr. Gahhos practices at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center in Venice, Florida.

Dr. Gahhos' NPI, 1851316772, was assigned on July 12, 2006. Dr. Gahhos graduated from University of Athens in 1977. Dr. Gahhos holds Florida license 44686.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4587837513
NPI enumeration date
July 12, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(941) 484-6836
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
75
Medical school graduation
1977

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos practices at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center in Venice, Florida

Dr. Gahhos' primary practice is Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center, at 135 San Marco Dr, Venice, FL 34285-3231. The practice phone is (941) 484-6836.

  • Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center
    135 San Marco Dr, Venice, FL 34285-3231Phone(941) 484-6836

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos is affiliated with 1 site of care

Dr. Gahhos' primary practice is Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center in Venice, Florida.

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery CenterPhysician office · Venice, FloridaPrimary

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account

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Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos is one of 394 plastic surgeons in Florida

Plastic surgery is Dr. Gahhos' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208200000X. Dr. Gahhos is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Gahhos' licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Indiana.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Plastic surgery, FloridaPrimaryLicense 44686 · 1984 to 2026 · taxonomy 208200000X
  • Indiana license1981 to 2003

Plastic surgeons near Dr. Gahhos

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394plastic surgeons in Florida
3plastic surgeons in Venice

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos billed Medicare for 1,864 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,864 Medicare services from Dr. Gahhos across 29 procedure codes in 2024, for 264 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $321,466 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,864
Medicare patients264
Paid by Medicare$321,466
Procedure codes29

Dr. Gahhos' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 1,4372024: 1,5004%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3362024: 3494%
Tests and treatments
2023: 172024: 1512%

Where Dr. Gahhos' Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,09859%
  • In a facility76641%

Dr. Gahhos compared with the Florida median for plastic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Gahhos
  • Florida median
Medicare services
1,864vs 5434.5 times
Medicare patients
264vs 683.9 times
Part D claims
84vs 4395% above

Medians across 331 plastic surgeons in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Gahhos' most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos treated 264 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 80

CMS counts 264 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gahhos in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 122 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.45, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Gahhos' median patient age at 83, with 38% women.

Medicare patients, 2024264
Average age80
Average risk score1.45

Dr. Gahhos' Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Gahhos' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13451%
  • Men13049%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Gahhos' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis54%
  4. Ischemic heart disease37%
  5. Chronic kidney disease31%
  6. Diabetes27%
  7. Atrial fibrillation24%
  8. Anxiety23%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Gahhos' patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 83

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women38%
  • Men62%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos wrote 148 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Gahhos wrote 148 Medicare Part D claims for 90 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 84 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $442 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 86 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024148
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$442
Part D patients90

Dr. Gahhos' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic142 claims96%
  • Brand-name and other6 claims4%

Dr. Gahhos' 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. Gahhos' Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids51%75 of 148 claims
  • Antibiotics14%20 of 148 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: 862024: 842%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 2 in 2023.

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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. F Nicholas Gahhos scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Gahhos for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Gahhos accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 464 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Gahhos, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
MIPS final score, 2024
75 of 100

Where Dr. Gahhos ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
99th percentile464 procedures
Removal of skin lesions
81st percentile276 procedures
Skin biopsy
82nd percentile169 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos has 10 publications on record

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Dr. Gahhos. The most frequent topics are Greece, Ancient, Hand and Hand Injuries. Dr. Gahhos has published most often in Ann Plast Surg. Dr. Gahhos' most frequent co-author is Robert Bruce Tross, MD.

Papers10

Topics Dr. Gahhos writes about most

  • Greece, Ancient
  • Hand
  • Hand Injuries
  • Hemodynamics
  • History, Ancient
  • Joint Dislocations
  • Muscles
  • Swine

Dr. Gahhos' most frequent co-authors

  • Robert Bruce Tross, MD1 shared paper

Recent publications by Dr. Gahhos

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Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos received $101 in industry payments from 2016 to 2019

CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Dr. Gahhos from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2019. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Merz North America, Inc. paid the most, $57.

General payments to Dr. Gahhos by program year, 2016 to 2019

Companies that paid Dr. Gahhos the most, 2016 to 2019

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Gahhos, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Gahhos

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos graduated from University of Athens

Dr. Gahhos graduated from University of Athens in 1977. Dr. Gahhos is a member of ASPS.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Athens
  2. Board certified in plastic surgeryAmerican Board of Plastic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos accepts plans from 5 insurance carriers

Dr. Gahhos is in network with 5 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • CMS Medicare

Plan types Dr. Gahhos accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare5
  2. PPO4
  3. HMO1
  4. POS1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos' NPI number?

Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos' NPI number is 1851316772. It was assigned on July 12, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos?

Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos is a plastic surgeon in Venice, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Plastic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208200000X).

Where does Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos practice?

Dr. Gahhos practices at 135 San Marco Dr, Venice, FL 34285-3231. Dr. Gahhos' primary practice is Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center in Venice, Florida.

What is Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Gahhos is (941) 484-6836.

What is Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos' medical license number?

Dr. Gahhos holds Florida license 44686, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Gahhos in Florida (1984 to 2026) and Indiana (1981 to 2003).

Does Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Gahhos billed Medicare for 1,864 services in 2024, and Dr. Gahhos accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos' MIPS score?

Dr. Gahhos' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos see?

CMS counts 264 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gahhos in 2024, with an average age of 80.

Is Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos board certified?

Yes. Dr. Gahhos is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

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What services does Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Gahhos' most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (14301).

Where did Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos go to medical school?

Dr. Gahhos graduated from University of Athens in 1977.

What drugs does Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Gahhos' most prescribed drugs by claims were Acetaminophen-Codeine, Cephalexin and Oxycodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $101 in general payments to Dr. Gahhos from 4 companies from 2016 to 2019. The largest total came from Merz North America, Inc.

How long has Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos been practicing?

Dr. Gahhos graduated from medical school in 1977, 49 years ago.

Does Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos do research?

Dmand AI links 10 publications to Dr. Gahhos.

Who does Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos publish with?

Dr. Gahhos' most frequent co-authors are Robert Bruce Tross, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. F Nicholas Gahhos accept?

Dr. Gahhos is in network with 5 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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