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Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles, MD
NPI1275854457PAC ID5294040002
- Medicare services, 2024
- 4,687
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 1,063
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,614
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 84
- Practice address
- 302 Medical Park, Walterboro, SC 29488
- 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
Walterboro, South Carolina
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Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles is a urologist in Walterboro, South Carolina
Dr. Nickles practices at Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology PA in Walterboro, South Carolina.
Dr. Nickles' NPI, 1275854457, was assigned on June 22, 2010. Dr. Nickles graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 2010. Dr. Nickles holds South Carolina license TL32770.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1275854457NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 5294040002
- NPI enumeration date
- June 22, 2010
- 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
- 42
- Medical school graduation
- 2010
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles practices at Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology PA in Walterboro, South Carolina
Dr. Nickles' primary practice is Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology PA, at 302 Medical Park, Walterboro, SC 29488 in Colleton County. The practice phone is (843) 797-6600.
- Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology PA302 Medical Park, Walterboro, SC 29488 · Colleton CountyPhone(843) 797-6600
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Nickles' primary practice is Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology PA in Walterboro, South Carolina. Dr. Nickles is also affiliated with HCA Healthcare Colleton Hospital. The medical group on file is Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology, P.A. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nickles to 4 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology PAPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Nickles practices, 6 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. Samuel Walker Nickles is one of 199 urologists in South Carolina
Urology is Dr. Nickles' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208800000X. Dr. Nickles is licensed in South Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Urology, South CarolinaPrimary
Urologists near Dr. Nickles
Counts of urologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles billed Medicare for 4,687 services in 2024
CMS data shows 4,687 Medicare services from Dr. Nickles across 28 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,063 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $260,065 for them.
Medicare services, 20244,687
Medicare patients1,063
Paid by Medicare$260,065
Procedure codes28
Dr. Nickles' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2,0502024: 2,0221%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 1,6072024: 1,34616%
- Surgery
- 2023: 6082024: 69013%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 221
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 2642024: 20024%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1672024: 1808%
- Imaging
- 2023: 312024: 2810%
Where Dr. Nickles' Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office4,56797%
- In a facility1203%
Dr. Nickles compared with the South Carolina median for urologists, 2024
- Dr. Nickles
- South Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 4,687vs 2,47390% above
- Medicare patients
- 1,063vs 57984% above
- Part D claims
- 3,453vs 7904.4 times
Medians across 195 urologists in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Nickles' 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. Samuel Walker Nickles treated 1,063 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 1,063 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nickles in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 436 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.22, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nickles' median patient age at 68, with 30% women.
Medicare patients, 20241,063
Average age75
Average risk score1.22
Also on Medicaid6%
Dr. Nickles' Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Nickles' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women31229%
- Men75171%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Nickles' Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis44%
- Diabetes40%
- Chronic kidney disease31%
- Ischemic heart disease29%
- Cancer24%
- Anxiety21%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Nickles' 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. Samuel Walker Nickles wrote 3,614 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Nickles wrote 3,614 Medicare Part D claims for 866 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,453 of them, across 41 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,207,516 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,808 claims across 34 drugs.
Part D claims, 20243,614
Drugs named by CMS41
Total drug cost$1.2M
Part D patients866
Dr. Nickles' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic3,079 claims85%
- Brand-name and other535 claims15%
Dr. Nickles' 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. Nickles' Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids4%159 of 3,614 claims
- Antibiotics17%622 of 3,614 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: 2,8082024: 3,45323%
Drugs named by CMS: 41 in 2024, 34 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. Samuel Walker Nickles 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. Nickles for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Nickles accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 22 procedures of prostate resection by Dr. Nickles, more than 84% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Nickles' 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. Nickles ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Prostate resection
- 84th percentile22 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
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. Samuel Walker Nickles has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Nickles.
Papers1
Recent publications by Dr. Nickles
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles received $17,221 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 698 general payments to Dr. Nickles from 73 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Astellas Pharma US Inc paid the most, $2,231.
General payments to Dr. Nickles by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Nickles by kind, 2016 to 2025
$17.2Kin total
- Food and beverage$16,88698%
- Education$3352%
Companies that paid Dr. Nickles 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. Samuel Walker Nickles graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Dr. Nickles graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 2010.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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) |
| 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) |
| 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. Samuel Walker Nickles' NPI number?
Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles' NPI number is 1275854457. It was assigned on June 22, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles?
Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles is a urologist in Walterboro, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Urology Physician (taxonomy code 208800000X).
Where does Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles practice?
Dr. Nickles practices at 302 Medical Park, Walterboro, SC 29488. Dr. Nickles' primary practice is Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology PA in Walterboro, South Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nickles to 4 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Nickles is (843) 797-6600.
What is Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles' medical license number?
Dr. Nickles holds South Carolina license TL32770.
Which hospitals is Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles affiliated with?
Dr. Nickles is affiliated with HCA Healthcare Colleton Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Nickles to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles part of?
Dr. Nickles is linked to Palmetto Adult and Children's Urology, P.A.
Does Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nickles billed Medicare for 4,687 services in 2024, and Dr. Nickles accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles' MIPS score?
Dr. Nickles' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 84 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles see?
CMS counts 1,063 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nickles in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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What services does Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Nickles' most billed Medicare services were lab and pathology test (81002), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles go to medical school?
Dr. Nickles graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 2010.
What drugs does Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nickles' most prescribed drugs by claims were Tamsulosin HCl, Finasteride and Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro.
Has Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $17,221 in general payments to Dr. Nickles from 73 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Astellas Pharma US Inc.
How long has Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles been practicing?
Dr. Nickles graduated from medical school in 2010, 16 years ago.
Does Dr. Samuel Walker Nickles do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Nickles.
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