Dr. Nicki Renee Downes, DO

  • New Bern, NC
  • General surgeon
NPI1598147217PAC ID3971800772
Medicare services, 2024
78
Medicare patients, 2024
94
Part D claims, 2024
37
Publications
2
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
2000 Neuse Blvd, New Bern, NC 28560
Practice phone
Call (252) 633-8640
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Primary practice

CarolinaEast Medical Center

Hospital · New Bern, North Carolina

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Dr. Nicki Renee Downes is a general surgeon in New Bern, North Carolina

Dr. Downes practices at CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern, North Carolina, part of Craven County Government.

Dr. Downes' NPI, 1598147217, was assigned on June 19, 2015. Dr. Downes holds North Carolina license 2021-02648.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3971800772
NPI enumeration date
June 19, 2015
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(252) 633-8640
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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 Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Nicki Renee Downes practices at CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern, North Carolina

Dr. Downes' primary practice is CarolinaEast Medical Center, at 2000 Neuse Blvd, New Bern, NC 28560 in Craven County. The practice phone is (252) 633-8640.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Nicki Renee Downes is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 5 medical groups

Dr. Downes' primary practice is CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern, North Carolina, part of Craven County Government. Dr. Downes is also affiliated with Onslow Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is CarolinaEast Heart Center, New Bern. Dmand AI also links Dr. Downes to 4 more medical groups and 3 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Nicki Renee Downes' practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Downes practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
CarolinaEast Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 4 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Nicki Renee Downes is one of 1,053 general surgeons in North Carolina

Surgery is Dr. Downes' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Downes' licenses on file in 3 states: North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 2021-02648 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Ohio licenseLicense 34.014360
  • Pennsylvania licenseLicense OT016784

General surgeons near Dr. Downes

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Dr. Nicki Renee Downes billed Medicare for 78 services in 2024

CMS data shows 78 Medicare services from Dr. Downes across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 94 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $5,443 for them.

Medicare services, 202478
Medicare patients94
Paid by Medicare$5,443
Procedure codes4

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3482024: 7878%
Imaging
2023: 692024: 0100%
Surgery
2023: 2052024: 0100%

Where Dr. Downes' Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office5976%
  • In a facility1924%

Dr. Downes compared with the North Carolina median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Downes
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
78vs 15148% below
Medicare patients
94vs 11518% below
Part D claims
110vs 412.7 times

Medians across 950 general surgeons in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Downes' 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. Nicki Renee Downes treated 94 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 94 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Downes in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 49 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.65, 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. Downes' median patient age at 69, with 84% women.

Medicare patients, 202494
Average age73
Average risk score1.65
Also on Medicaid16%

Dr. Downes' Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Downes' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women7580%
  • Men1920%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Downes' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. Cancer50%
  5. Anxiety37%
  6. Mood disorders36%
  7. Diabetes35%
  8. Depression34%

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

Dr. Downes' patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women84%
  • Men16%

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

Dr. Nicki Renee Downes wrote 37 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Downes wrote 37 Medicare Part D claims for 19 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 3 drugs, with $541 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 57 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202437
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$541
Part D patients19

Dr. Downes' most prescribed drugs by claims, 2023

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. Downes' Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids43%16 of 37 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, 2022 to 2023

  • 2022
  • 2023
Claims for drugs CMS names
2022: 572023: 11093%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2023, 2 in 2022.

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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. Nicki Renee Downes ranks in the 86th percentile for mastectomy in Medicare

Dr. Downes accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 30 procedures of mastectomy by Dr. Downes, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Downes ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Mastectomy
86th percentile30 procedures
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
75th percentile21 procedures

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

Colonoscopy: 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. Nicki Renee Downes has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Downes in 2018. Dr. Downes' most frequent co-authors are Patrick B. Downs, DO, Christopher Jacob Esper and Andrew H. Fenton, MD.

Papers2

Dr. Downes' most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Downes

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

Dr. Nicki Renee Downes received $1,743 in industry payments from 2021 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 40 general payments to Dr. Downes from 16 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 85% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $704.

General payments to Dr. Downes by program year, 2021 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Downes by kind, 2021 to 2025

$1.7Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,47685%
  • Travel and lodging$26815%

Companies that paid Dr. Downes the most, 2021 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

Sources for Dr. Nicki Renee Downes'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 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)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Nicki Renee Downes' NPI number?

Dr. Nicki Renee Downes' NPI number is 1598147217. It was assigned on June 19, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Nicki Renee Downes?

Dr. Nicki Renee Downes is a general surgeon in New Bern, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Nicki Renee Downes practice?

Dr. Downes practices at 2000 Neuse Blvd, New Bern, NC 28560. Dr. Downes' primary practice is CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern, North Carolina, part of Craven County Government. Dmand AI also links Dr. Downes to 4 medical groups and 3 group practices and clinics.

What is Dr. Nicki Renee Downes' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Downes is (252) 633-8640.

What is Dr. Nicki Renee Downes' medical license number?

Dr. Downes holds North Carolina license 2021-02648, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Nicki Renee Downes been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Downes in North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Which hospitals is Dr. Nicki Renee Downes affiliated with?

Dr. Downes practices at CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern, North Carolina. Dr. Downes is also affiliated with Onslow Memorial Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Nicki Renee Downes part of?

Dr. Downes is linked to CarolinaEast Heart Center, New Bern. Dmand AI links Dr. Downes to 4 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Nicki Renee Downes accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Downes billed Medicare for 78 services in 2024, and Dr. Downes accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Nicki Renee Downes see?

CMS counts 94 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Downes in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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What services does Dr. Nicki Renee Downes bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Downes' most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), hospital inpatient care (99232) and office visit, new patient (99204).

What drugs does Dr. Nicki Renee Downes prescribe most?

In 2023 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Downes' most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl, Cefadroxil and Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim.

Has Dr. Nicki Renee Downes received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,743 in general payments to Dr. Downes from 16 companies from 2021 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.

How long has Dr. Nicki Renee Downes been practicing?

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

Does Dr. Nicki Renee Downes do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Downes.

Who does Dr. Nicki Renee Downes publish with?

Dr. Downes' most frequent co-authors are Patrick B. Downs, DO (1 shared paper), Christopher Jacob Esper (1 shared paper) and Andrew H. Fenton, MD (1 shared paper).

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