Dr. Nicole Leigh Wellman Donester, MD

Dr. Wellman Donester practices at Benefis East Campus in Great Falls, Montana, part of Benefis Health System.

Dr. Wellman Donester's NPI, 1689909566, was assigned on October 9, 2009. Dr. Wellman Donester graduated from University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in 2007. Dr. Wellman Donester holds Montana license 18601.

Dr. Wellman Donester's primary practice is Benefis East Campus, at 1101 26th St S, Great Falls, MT 59405 in Cascade County. The practice phone is (406) 455-5000.

Dr. Wellman Donester's primary practice is Benefis East Campus in Great Falls, Montana, part of Benefis Health System. The medical group on file is Benefis Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Wellman Donester to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Wellman Donester practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Dermatology is Dr. Wellman Donester's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Wellman Donester's licenses on file in 2 states: Montana and California.

CMS data shows 3,644 Medicare services from Dr. Wellman Donester across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,021 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $128,906 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 1,021 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Wellman Donester in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 494 patients. 67% of them have high blood pressure, and 65% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.89, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Wellman Donester's median patient age at 74, with 62% women.

In 2024, Dr. Wellman Donester wrote 699 Medicare Part D claims for 328 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 547 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $100,975 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 414 claims across 13 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Wellman Donester for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Wellman Donester accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 1,244 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Wellman Donester, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 218 general payments to Dr. Wellman Donester from 21 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 90% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $800.

Dr. Wellman Donester graduated from University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in 2007.