Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 19,141
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 1,741
- Part D claims, 2024
- 10,210
- MIPS score, 2024
- 84
- Hospital affiliations
- 5
- Practice address
- 2890 Tricom St, North Charleston, SC 29406-9171
- Practice phone
- Call (843) 797-6600
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Palmetto Adult And Children's Urology PA
Surgical practice · North Charleston, South Carolina
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Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch is a urologist in North Charleston, South Carolina
Dr. Ploch practices at Palmetto Adult And Children's Urology PA in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Dr. Ploch's NPI, 1205824489, was assigned on October 11, 2005. Dr. Ploch graduated from Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine in 1987. Dr. Ploch holds South Carolina license 17562.
- NPI
- 1205824489NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1153490925
- NPI enumeration date
- October 11, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (843) 797-6600
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 65
- Medical school graduation
- 1987
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch practices at Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology PA in North Charleston, South Carolina
Dr. Ploch's primary practice is Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology PA, at 2890 Tricom St, North Charleston, SC 29406-9171. The practice phone is (843) 797-6600.
- Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology PA2890 Tricom St, North Charleston, SC 29406-9171Phone(843) 797-6600
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Ploch's primary practice is Palmetto Adult And Children's Urology PA in North Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Ploch is also affiliated with Roper Hospital. The medical group on file is Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology, P.A. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ploch to 4 more hospitals and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ploch practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Palmetto Adult And Children's Urology PA | Available with a free account |
| +6 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch is one of 199 urologists in South Carolina
Urology is Dr. Ploch's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208800000X. Dr. Ploch is licensed in South Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Urology, South CarolinaPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch billed Medicare for 19,141 services in 2024
CMS data shows 19,141 Medicare services from Dr. Ploch across 30 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,741 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $886,009 for them.
Dr. Ploch's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 7,6572024: 7,5262%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 5,285
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 3,5202024: 3,4781%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1,9532024: 1,69413%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 5762024: 74529%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 1,9272024: 29385%
- Imaging
- 2023: 1442024: 12017%
Where Dr. Ploch's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office18,90799%
- In a facility2341%
Dr. Ploch compared with the South Carolina median for urologists, 2024
- Dr. Ploch
- South Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 19,141vs 2,4737.7 times
- Medicare patients
- 1,741vs 5793.0 times
- Part D claims
- 10,031vs 79012.7 times
Medians across 195 urologists in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Ploch'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. Nelson Randolph Ploch treated 1,741 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 1,741 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ploch in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 735 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.20, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ploch's median patient age at 68, with 30% women.
Dr. Ploch's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Ploch's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women53531%
- Men1,20669%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Ploch's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis47%
- Diabetes41%
- Chronic kidney disease33%
- Cancer27%
- Ischemic heart disease26%
- Anxiety22%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Ploch's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 68
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women30%
- Men69%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch wrote 10,210 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Ploch wrote 10,210 Medicare Part D claims for 1,473 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 10,031 of them, across 50 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,426,650 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 7,726 claims across 42 drugs.
Dr. Ploch's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic9,478 claims93%
- Brand-name and other732 claims7%
Dr. Ploch'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. Ploch's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids1%105 of 10,210 claims
- Antibiotics26%2,625 of 10,210 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: 7,7262024: 10,03130%
Drugs named by CMS: 50 in 2024, 42 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. Nelson Randolph Ploch scored 84 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Ploch for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Ploch accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 15 procedures of prostate resection by Dr. Ploch, more than 72% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Ploch's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 84of 100Final score
- 65.2of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 81of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Ploch ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Prostate resection
- 72nd percentile15 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. Nelson Randolph Ploch received $13,235 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 695 general payments to Dr. Ploch from 75 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Astellas Pharma US Inc paid the most, $2,667.
General payments to Dr. Ploch by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Ploch by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$12,86797%
- Education$3683%
Companies that paid Dr. Ploch 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. Nelson Randolph Ploch graduated from Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine
Dr. Ploch graduated from Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine in 1987.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch'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 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. Nelson Randolph Ploch's NPI number?
Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch's NPI number is 1205824489. It was assigned on October 11, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch?
Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch is a urologist in North Charleston, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Urology Physician (taxonomy code 208800000X).
Where does Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch practice?
Dr. Ploch practices at 2890 Tricom St, North Charleston, SC 29406-9171. Dr. Ploch's primary practice is Palmetto Adult And Children's Urology PA in North Charleston, South Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ploch to 4 hospitals and 1 home health agency.
What is Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Ploch is (843) 797-6600.
What is Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch's medical license number?
Dr. Ploch holds South Carolina license 17562.
Which hospitals is Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch affiliated with?
Dr. Ploch is affiliated with Roper Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Ploch to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch part of?
Dr. Ploch is linked to Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology, P.A.
Does Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ploch billed Medicare for 19,141 services in 2024, and Dr. Ploch accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch's MIPS score?
Dr. Ploch's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 84 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch see?
CMS counts 1,741 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ploch in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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What services does Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Ploch's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G2211) and lab and pathology test (81002).
Where did Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch go to medical school?
Dr. Ploch graduated from Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine in 1987.
What drugs does Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ploch's most prescribed drugs by claims were Alfuzosin HCl ER, Testosterone Cypionate and Dutasteride.
Has Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $13,235 in general payments to Dr. Ploch from 75 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Astellas Pharma US Inc.
How long has Dr. Nelson Randolph Ploch been practicing?
Dr. Ploch graduated from medical school in 1987, 39 years ago.
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