Dr. Gaurav Nigam, MD

Dr. Nigam practices at Los Alamos Medical Center in Los Alamos, New Mexico, part of Lifepoint Health.

Dr. Nigam's NPI, 1437445947, was assigned on June 22, 2011. Dr. Nigam holds New Mexico license MD2018-0881.

Dr. Nigam's primary practice is Los Alamos Medical Center, at 3917 West Road, Los Alamos, NM 87544 in Los Alamos County. The practice phone is (505) 662-4201.

Dr. Nigam's primary practice is Los Alamos Medical Center in Los Alamos, New Mexico, part of Lifepoint Health. Dr. Nigam is also affiliated with CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Northwest Hospital Medicine Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nigam to 7 more medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Internal medicine is Dr. Nigam's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Nigam is licensed in New Mexico.

CMS data shows 689 Medicare services from Dr. Nigam across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 248 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $55,936 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 248 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nigam in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 82 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.59, 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. Nigam's median patient age at 69, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Nigam wrote 186 Medicare Part D claims for 89 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 64 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $415 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 81 claims across 5 drugs.

Dr. Nigam accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Nigam from 1 drug or device company in 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $148.