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Dr. Nikhil Shankar, MD
NPI1912387804PAC ID4183986995
- Medicare services, 2024
- 202
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 189
- Part D claims, 2024
- 197
- Publications
- 19
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 1705 S Tarboro St, Wilson, NC 27893
- Practice phone
- Call (252) 399-8040
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Dr. Nikhil Shankar is an emergency medicine physician in Wilson, North Carolina
Dr. Shankar practices at Wilson Medical Center in Wilson, North Carolina, part of Lifepoint Health.
Dr. Shankar's NPI, 1912387804, was assigned on June 4, 2015. Dr. Shankar holds Massachusetts license 271718.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1912387804NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4183986995
- NPI enumeration date
- June 4, 2015
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (252) 399-8040
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 37
- Medical school graduation
- 2015
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Nikhil Shankar practices at Wilson Medical Center in Wilson, North Carolina
Dr. Shankar's primary practice is Wilson Medical Center, at 1705 S Tarboro St, Wilson, NC 27893 in Wilson County. The practice phone is (252) 399-8040.
- Wilson Medical Center1705 S Tarboro St, Wilson, NC 27893 · Wilson CountyPhone(252) 399-8040
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Nikhil Shankar is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 4 medical groups
Dr. Shankar's primary practice is Wilson Medical Center in Wilson, North Carolina, part of Lifepoint Health. Dr. Shankar is also affiliated with UNC Health Wayne. The medical group on file is TeamHealth (Emergency Coverage Corporation of TeamHealth). Dmand AI also links Dr. Shankar to 3 more medical groups, each named with a free account.
UNC Health WayneTeamHealth (Emergency Coverage Corporation of TeamHealth)3 medical groupsNames with a free account
See all 6 affiliations for Dr. ShankarSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Nikhil Shankar's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Shankar practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Wilson Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 3 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Nikhil Shankar is one of 1,860 emergency medicine physicians in North Carolina
Emergency medicine is Dr. Shankar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Shankar's licenses on file in 2 states: Massachusetts and North Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Emergency medicine, MassachusettsPrimary
- North Carolina license
Emergency medicine physicians near Dr. Shankar
Counts of emergency medicine physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
1,860emergency medicine physicians in North Carolina
9emergency medicine physicians in Wilson
9emergency medicine physicians at Wilson Medical CenterSources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Nikhil Shankar billed Medicare for 202 services in 2024
CMS data shows 202 Medicare services from Dr. Shankar across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 189 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $23,318 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Medicare services, 2024202
Medicare patients189
Paid by Medicare$23,318
Procedure codes4
Dr. Shankar's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 5172024: 20261%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 9222024: 0100%
Dr. Shankar compared with the North Carolina median for emergency medicine physicians, 2024
- Dr. Shankar
- North Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 202vs 28429% below
- Medicare patients
- 189vs 25125% below
- Part D claims
- 81vs 80Close to median
Medians across 1,795 emergency medicine physicians in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Shankar'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. Nikhil Shankar treated 189 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 189 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shankar in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 58 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 37% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.04, 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. Shankar's median patient age at 53, with 60% women.
Medicare patients, 2024189
Average age74
Average risk score2.04
Also on Medicaid37%
Dr. Shankar's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Shankar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women10053%
- Men8947%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Shankar's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis50%
- Diabetes49%
- Chronic kidney disease45%
- Heart failure40%
- Ischemic heart disease37%
- Anxiety36%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Shankar's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 53
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women60%
- Men40%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Nikhil Shankar wrote 197 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Shankar wrote 197 Medicare Part D claims for 142 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 81 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $235 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 143 claims across 7 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024197
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$235
Part D patients142
Dr. Shankar's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic181 claims92%
- Brand-name16 claims8%
Dr. Shankar'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. Shankar's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics25%49 of 197 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: 1432024: 8143%
Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 7 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
How Dr. Nikhil Shankar takes part in Medicare
Dr. Shankar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Nikhil Shankar has 19 publications on record
Dmand AI links 19 papers to Dr. Shankar, published from 2017 to 2025. 2017 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Hearing Aids, Speech Intelligibility and COVID-19. Dr. Shankar has published most often in J Glob Health.
Papers19
Years published2017 to 2025
Dr. Shankar's papers by year, 2017 to 2025
Topics Dr. Shankar writes about most
- Hearing Aids
- Speech Intelligibility
- COVID-19
- Noise
- Smartphone
- Life Style
- Speech Perception
- Global Health
Recent publications by Dr. Shankar
COVID-19Global HealthLife Style
Autoimmune DiseasesCholesterolCOVID-19
ExerciseLife StyleOutcome Assessment, Health Care
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Nikhil Shankar received $45 in industry payments from 2024 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Shankar from 2 drug and device companies from 2024 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Purdue Pharma L.P. paid the most, $24.
General payments to Dr. Shankar by program year, 2024 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Shankar the most, 2024 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Nikhil Shankar'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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 |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Nikhil Shankar's NPI number?
Dr. Nikhil Shankar's NPI number is 1912387804. It was assigned on June 4, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Nikhil Shankar?
Dr. Nikhil Shankar is an emergency medicine physician in Wilson, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Emergency Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207P00000X).
Where does Dr. Nikhil Shankar practice?
Dr. Shankar practices at 1705 S Tarboro St, Wilson, NC 27893. Dr. Shankar's primary practice is Wilson Medical Center in Wilson, North Carolina, part of Lifepoint Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shankar to 3 medical groups.
What is Dr. Nikhil Shankar's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Shankar is (252) 399-8040.
What is Dr. Nikhil Shankar's medical license number?
Dr. Shankar holds Massachusetts license 271718, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Nikhil Shankar been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Shankar in Massachusetts and North Carolina.
Which hospitals is Dr. Nikhil Shankar affiliated with?
Dr. Shankar practices at Wilson Medical Center in Wilson, North Carolina. Dr. Shankar is also affiliated with UNC Health Wayne.
What medical group is Dr. Nikhil Shankar part of?
Dr. Shankar is linked to TeamHealth (Emergency Coverage Corporation of TeamHealth). Dmand AI links Dr. Shankar to 3 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Nikhil Shankar accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Shankar billed Medicare for 202 services in 2024, and Dr. Shankar accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Nikhil Shankar see?
CMS counts 189 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shankar in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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What services does Dr. Nikhil Shankar bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Shankar's most billed Medicare services were emergency department visit (99285), emergency department visit (99284) and critical care (99291).
What drugs does Dr. Nikhil Shankar prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Shankar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisone, Naproxen and Methocarbamol.
Has Dr. Nikhil Shankar received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $45 in general payments to Dr. Shankar from 2 companies from 2024 to 2025. The largest total came from Purdue Pharma L.P.
How long has Dr. Nikhil Shankar been practicing?
Dr. Shankar graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.
Does Dr. Nikhil Shankar do research?
Dmand AI links 19 publications to Dr. Shankar, published from 2017 to 2025.
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