Dr. Kelli R. Hickle, MD

  • South Portland, ME
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery physician
NPI1013303544PAC ID4486961430
Medicare services, 2024
58
Medicare patients, 2024
72
Part D claims, 2024
45
Publications
5
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
244 Western Ave, South Portland, ME 04106
Practice phone
Call (207) 775-3446
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Primary practice

Plastic and Hand Surgical Associates

South Portland, Maine

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Dr. Kelli R. Hickle is a plastic and reconstructive surgery physician in South Portland, Maine

Dr. Hickle practices at Plastic and Hand Surgical Associates in South Portland, Maine.

Dr. Hickle's NPI, 1013303544, was assigned on April 10, 2015. Dr. Hickle graduated from University of Arizona College of Medicine in 2015. Dr. Hickle holds Maine license MD25330.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4486961430
NPI enumeration date
April 10, 2015
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(207) 775-3446
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
37
Medical school graduation
2015

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

Dr. Kelli R. Hickle practices at Plastic and Hand Surgical Associates in South Portland, Maine

Dr. Hickle's primary practice is Plastic and Hand Surgical Associates, at 244 Western Ave, South Portland, ME 04106 in Cumberland County. The practice phone is (207) 775-3446.

  • Plastic and Hand Surgical Associates
    244 Western Ave, South Portland, ME 04106 · Cumberland CountyPhone(207) 775-3446

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Kelli R. Hickle is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Hickle's primary practice is Plastic and Hand Surgical Associates in South Portland, Maine. Dr. Hickle is also affiliated with MaineHealth Maine Medical Center. The medical group on file is Plastic + Hand Surgical Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hickle to 1 more ambulatory surgery center, named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Kelli R. Hickle's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Plastic and Hand Surgical AssociatesAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Kelli R. Hickle is one of 10 plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in Maine

Plastic and reconstructive surgery is Dr. Hickle's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0122X. Dmand AI has Dr. Hickle's licenses on file in 2 states: Maine and Massachusetts.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery, MainePrimaryLicense MD25330 · taxonomy 2086S0122X
  • Massachusetts licenseLicense 273850

Plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians near Dr. Hickle

Counts of plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

10plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in Maine
6plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in South Portland

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

Dr. Kelli R. Hickle billed Medicare for 58 services in 2024

CMS data shows 58 Medicare services from Dr. Hickle across 3 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 72 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,204 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202458
Medicare patients72
Paid by Medicare$3,204
Procedure codes3

Dr. Hickle's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 492024: 5818%

Dr. Hickle compared with the Maine median for plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Hickle
  • Maine median
Medicare services
58vs 11449% below
Part D claims
13vs 1724% below

Medians across 10 plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in Maine with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Hickle's 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. Kelli R. Hickle treated 72 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 72 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hickle in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 35 patients. 67% of them have high cholesterol, and 64% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.30, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hickle's median patient age at 55, with 73% women.

Medicare patients, 202472
Average age73
Average risk score1.30

Dr. Hickle's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Hickle's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women4968%
  • Men2332%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Hickle's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol67%
  2. High blood pressure64%
  3. Arthritis49%
  4. Mood disorders31%
  5. Anxiety29%
  6. Cancer29%
  7. Depression28%
  8. Atrial fibrillation22%

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

Dr. Hickle's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 55

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women73%
  • Men27%

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

Dr. Kelli R. Hickle wrote 45 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Hickle wrote 45 Medicare Part D claims for 28 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 13 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $71 in total drug cost. In 2019, CMS named 28 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202445
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$71
Part D patients28

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

  • Generic38 claims84%
  • Brand-name and other7 claims16%

Dr. Hickle's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2020

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. Hickle's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids29%13 of 45 claims
  • Antibiotics42%19 of 45 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, 2019 to 2020

  • 2019
  • 2020
Claims for drugs CMS names
2019: 282020: 1354%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2020, 1 in 2019.

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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. Kelli R. Hickle ranks in the 73rd percentile for melanoma (skin cancer) excision in Medicare

Dr. Hickle accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 18 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Hickle, more than 73% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Hickle ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
73rd percentile18 procedures

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

Mastectomy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Kelli R. Hickle has 5 publications on record

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Hickle, published from 2019 to 2022. 2019 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Pressure Ulcer, Rats, Sprague-Dawley and Wireless Technology. Dr. Hickle's most frequent co-authors are Raymond Michael Dunn, MD, William Gerald Austen, MD and Adel Bozorgzadeh, MD.

Papers5
Years published2019 to 2022

Topics Dr. Hickle writes about most

  • Pressure Ulcer
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Wireless Technology

Dr. Hickle's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Hickle

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Kelli R. Hickle received $949 in industry payments from 2018 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Hickle from 9 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Mentor Worldwide LLC paid the most, $298.

General payments to Dr. Hickle by program year, 2018 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Hickle the most, 2018 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Kelli R. Hickle graduated from University of Arizona College of Medicine

Dr. Hickle graduated from University of Arizona College of Medicine in 2015.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Kelli R. Hickle'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)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)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Kelli R. Hickle's NPI number?

Dr. Kelli R. Hickle's NPI number is 1013303544. It was assigned on April 10, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Kelli R. Hickle?

Dr. Kelli R. Hickle is a plastic and reconstructive surgery physician in South Portland, Maine. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 2086S0122X).

Where does Dr. Kelli R. Hickle practice?

Dr. Hickle practices at 244 Western Ave, South Portland, ME 04106. Dr. Hickle's primary practice is Plastic and Hand Surgical Associates in South Portland, Maine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hickle to 1 ambulatory surgery center.

What is Dr. Kelli R. Hickle's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Hickle is (207) 775-3446.

What is Dr. Kelli R. Hickle's medical license number?

Dr. Hickle holds Maine license MD25330, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Kelli R. Hickle been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Hickle in Maine and Massachusetts.

Which hospitals is Dr. Kelli R. Hickle affiliated with?

Dr. Hickle is affiliated with MaineHealth Maine Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Kelli R. Hickle part of?

Dr. Hickle is linked to Plastic + Hand Surgical Associates.

Does Dr. Kelli R. Hickle accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Hickle billed Medicare for 58 services in 2024, and Dr. Hickle accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kelli R. Hickle see?

CMS counts 72 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hickle in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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What services does Dr. Kelli R. Hickle bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Hickle's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99202), office visit, established patient (99212) and office visit, new patient (99203).

Where did Dr. Kelli R. Hickle go to medical school?

Dr. Hickle graduated from University of Arizona College of Medicine in 2015.

What drugs does Dr. Kelli R. Hickle prescribe most?

In 2020 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Hickle's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. Kelli R. Hickle received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $949 in general payments to Dr. Hickle from 9 companies from 2018 to 2025. The largest total came from Mentor Worldwide LLC.

How long has Dr. Kelli R. Hickle been practicing?

Dr. Hickle graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.

Does Dr. Kelli R. Hickle do research?

Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Hickle, published from 2019 to 2022.

Who does Dr. Kelli R. Hickle publish with?

Dr. Hickle's most frequent co-authors are Raymond Michael Dunn, MD (3 shared papers), William Gerald Austen, MD (1 shared paper) and Adel Bozorgzadeh, MD (1 shared paper).

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