Dr. Nicholas Baker, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 91
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 138
- Part D claims, 2024
- 163
- MIPS score, 2024
- 95
- Hospital affiliations
- 6
- Practice address
- 9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
- Practice phone
- Call (412) 367-6700
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Nicholas Baker is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dr. Baker practices at UPMC Passavant-McCandless in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Dr. Baker's NPI, 1568624393, was assigned on July 2, 2008. Dr. Baker graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2008. Dr. Baker holds Pennsylvania license MD450666.
- NPI
- 1568624393NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2668790460
- NPI enumeration date
- July 2, 2008
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (412) 367-6700
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 44
- Medical school graduation
- 2008
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Nicholas Baker practices at UPMC Passavant-McCandless in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dr. Baker's primary practice is UPMC Passavant-McCandless, at 9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 in Allegheny County. The practice phone is (412) 367-6700.
- UPMC Passavant-McCandless9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 · Allegheny CountyPhone(412) 367-6700
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Nicholas Baker is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 6 medical groups
Dr. Baker's primary practice is UPMC Passavant-McCandless in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Baker is also affiliated with WVU Medicine United Hospital Center. The medical group on file is University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Radiology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Baker to 4 more hospitals, 5 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Nicholas Baker's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Baker practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Available with a free account |
| +6 more sites and 5 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Nicholas Baker is one of 288 cardiothoracic surgeons in Pennsylvania
Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Baker's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. Baker is licensed in Pennsylvania.
Specialties and state licenses
- Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery), PennsylvaniaPrimary
Cardiothoracic surgeons near Dr. Baker
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Nicholas Baker billed Medicare for 91 services in 2024
CMS data shows 91 Medicare services from Dr. Baker across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 138 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,516 for them.
Dr. Baker's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2362024: 7967%
- Surgery
- 2023: 712024: 1283%
Where Dr. Baker's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1719%
- In a facility7481%
Dr. Baker compared with the Pennsylvania median for cardiothoracic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Baker
- Pennsylvania median
- Medicare services
- 91vs 12024% below
- Medicare patients
- 138vs 11223% above
- Part D claims
- 129vs 206.5 times
Medians across 242 cardiothoracic surgeons in Pennsylvania with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Baker'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. Nicholas Baker treated 138 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 138 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Baker in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 62 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.81, 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. Baker's median patient age at 69, with 51% women.
Dr. Baker's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Baker's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women6749%
- Men7151%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Baker's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- COPD60%
- Arthritis57%
- Ischemic heart disease54%
- Cancer53%
- Anxiety44%
- Mood disorders38%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Baker's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 69
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women51%
- Men38%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Nicholas Baker wrote 163 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Baker wrote 163 Medicare Part D claims for 72 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 129 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,425 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 259 claims across 7 drugs.
Dr. Baker's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic161 claims99%
- Brand-name and other2 claims1%
Dr. Baker'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.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 2592024: 12950%
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
Dr. Nicholas Baker scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Baker for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Baker accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Baker as offering telehealth. CMS counts 34 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Baker, more than 57% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Baker's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 95of 100Final score
- 79.9of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Baker ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
- 57th percentile34 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Nicholas Baker received $149,023 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 250 general payments to Dr. Baker from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 43% of the total. On Target Laboratories, Inc paid the most, $68,645.
General payments to Dr. Baker by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Baker by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Consulting fees$63,94843%
- Education$42,06128%
- Travel and lodging$20,45214%
- Speaker and faculty fees$10,1507%
- Other$12,4128%
Companies that paid Dr. Baker the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Nicholas Baker graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine
Dr. Baker graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2008.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Nicholas Baker'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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Nicholas Baker's NPI number?
Dr. Nicholas Baker's NPI number is 1568624393. It was assigned on July 2, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Nicholas Baker?
Dr. Nicholas Baker is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (taxonomy code 208G00000X).
Where does Dr. Nicholas Baker practice?
Dr. Baker practices at 9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. Dr. Baker's primary practice is UPMC Passavant-McCandless in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Baker to 4 hospitals, 5 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Nicholas Baker's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Baker is (412) 367-6700.
What is Dr. Nicholas Baker's medical license number?
Dr. Baker holds Pennsylvania license MD450666.
Which hospitals is Dr. Nicholas Baker affiliated with?
Dr. Baker practices at UPMC Passavant-McCandless in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Baker is also affiliated with WVU Medicine United Hospital Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Baker to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Nicholas Baker part of?
Dr. Baker is linked to University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Radiology. Dmand AI links Dr. Baker to 5 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Nicholas Baker accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Baker billed Medicare for 91 services in 2024, and Dr. Baker accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Nicholas Baker offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Baker as offering telehealth services.
What is Dr. Nicholas Baker's MIPS score?
Dr. Baker's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Nicholas Baker see?
CMS counts 138 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Baker in 2024, with an average age of 73.
What services does Dr. Nicholas Baker bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Baker's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), office visit, established patient (99215) and office visit, established patient (99213).
Where did Dr. Nicholas Baker go to medical school?
Dr. Baker graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2008.
What drugs does Dr. Nicholas Baker prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Baker's most prescribed drugs by claims were Omeprazole, Chlorhexidine Gluconate and Pantoprazole Sodium.
Has Dr. Nicholas Baker received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $149,023 in general payments to Dr. Baker from 17 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from On Target Laboratories, Inc.
How long has Dr. Nicholas Baker been practicing?
Dr. Baker graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.
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