Dr. Ross M. Nesbit, MD

  • Knoxville, TN
  • Nephrologist
NPI1386870475PAC ID8729208137
Medicare services, 2024
2,735
Medicare patients, 2024
649
Part D claims, 2024
2,103
Publications
6
Hospital affiliations
6
Practice address
1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920
Practice phone
Call (865) 305-9000
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Primary practice

The University of Tennessee Medical Center

Hospital · Knoxville, Tennessee

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Dr. Ross M. Nesbit is a nephrologist in Knoxville, Tennessee

Dr. Nesbit practices at The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, part of Ut Medical.

Dr. Nesbit's NPI, 1386870475, was assigned on June 3, 2009. Dr. Nesbit holds Tennessee license 51380.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8729208137
NPI enumeration date
June 3, 2009
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(865) 305-9000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
43
Medical school graduation
2009

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Ross M. Nesbit practices at The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee

Dr. Nesbit's primary practice is The University of Tennessee Medical Center, at 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920 in Knox County. The practice phone is (865) 305-9000.

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Dr. Ross M. Nesbit is affiliated with 12 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Nesbit's primary practice is The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, part of Ut Medical. Dr. Nesbit is also affiliated with Knoxville Rehabilitation Hospital. The medical group on file is University Nephrology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nesbit to 4 more hospitals, 5 dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ross M. Nesbit's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Nesbit practices, 12 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
The University of Tennessee Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+11 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Ross M. Nesbit is one of 230 nephrologists in Tennessee

Nephrology is Dr. Nesbit's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dmand AI has Dr. Nesbit's licenses on file in 2 states: Tennessee and North Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, TennesseePrimaryLicense 51380 · taxonomy 207RN0300X
  • Internal medicine, North CarolinaLicense 156618 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Nephrologists near Dr. Nesbit

Counts of nephrologists 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. Ross M. Nesbit billed Medicare for 2,735 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,735 Medicare services from Dr. Nesbit across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 649 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $200,206 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,735
Medicare patients649
Paid by Medicare$200,206
Procedure codes18

Dr. Nesbit's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,7902024: 1,7791%
Other services
2023: 02024: 375
Tests and treatments
2023: 3302024: 3455%
Surgery
2023: 2302024: 2363%

Where Dr. Nesbit's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office2,01874%
  • In a facility71726%

Dr. Nesbit compared with the Tennessee median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Nesbit
  • Tennessee median
Medicare services
2,735vs 1,1872.3 times
Medicare patients
649vs 37374% above
Part D claims
1,800vs 8532.1 times

Medians across 228 nephrologists in Tennessee with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Nesbit's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Ross M. Nesbit treated 649 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 649 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nesbit in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 253 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.43, 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. Nesbit's median patient age at 73, with 46% women.

Medicare patients, 2024649
Average age72
Average risk score3.43
Also on Medicaid14%

Dr. Nesbit's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Nesbit's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women28143%
  • Men36857%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Nesbit's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes57%
  5. Arthritis46%
  6. Ischemic heart disease43%
  7. Heart failure36%
  8. Atrial fibrillation31%

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

Dr. Nesbit's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women46%
  • Men53%

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

Dr. Ross M. Nesbit wrote 2,103 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nesbit wrote 2,103 Medicare Part D claims for 391 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,800 of them, across 43 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $432,135 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,843 claims across 43 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,103
Drugs named by CMS43
Total drug cost$432,135
Part D patients391

Dr. Nesbit's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic1,700 claims81%
  • Brand-name and other403 claims19%

Dr. Nesbit'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. Nesbit's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics1%29 of 2,103 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: 1,8432024: 1,8002%

Drugs named by CMS: 43 in 2024, 43 in 2023.

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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

How Dr. Ross M. Nesbit takes part in Medicare

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Ross M. Nesbit has 6 publications on record

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Nesbit, published from 2017 to 2018. The most frequent topics are Hemorrhage, Kidney Failure, Chronic and Pyrazoles. Dr. Nesbit's most frequent co-authors are John M. Arthur, MD, Allan S. Brett, MD and Nithin Karakala, MD.

Papers6
Years published2017 to 2018

Topics Dr. Nesbit writes about most

  • Hemorrhage
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Pyrazoles
  • Pyridones

Dr. Nesbit's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Nesbit

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Dr. Ross M. Nesbit received $495,528 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1,367 general payments to Dr. Nesbit from 43 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 75% of the total. Relypsa, Inc. paid the most, $141,965.

General payments to Dr. Nesbit by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Nesbit by kind, 2016 to 2025

$495.5Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$370,09475%
  • Honoraria$50,11310%
  • Travel and lodging$37,0877%
  • Food and beverage$24,4305%
  • Other$13,8063%

Companies that paid Dr. Nesbit the most, 2016 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. Ross M. Nesbit'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)
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. Ross M. Nesbit's NPI number?

Dr. Ross M. Nesbit's NPI number is 1386870475. It was assigned on June 3, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ross M. Nesbit?

Dr. Ross M. Nesbit is a nephrologist in Knoxville, Tennessee. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Ross M. Nesbit practice?

Dr. Nesbit practices at 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Dr. Nesbit's primary practice is The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, part of Ut Medical. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nesbit to 4 hospitals, 5 dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Ross M. Nesbit's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Nesbit is (865) 305-9000.

What is Dr. Ross M. Nesbit's medical license number?

Dr. Nesbit holds Tennessee license 51380, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Ross M. Nesbit been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Nesbit in Tennessee and North Carolina.

Which hospitals is Dr. Ross M. Nesbit affiliated with?

Dr. Nesbit practices at The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Nesbit is also affiliated with Knoxville Rehabilitation Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Nesbit to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Ross M. Nesbit part of?

Dr. Nesbit is linked to University Nephrology.

Does Dr. Ross M. Nesbit accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nesbit billed Medicare for 2,735 services in 2024, and Dr. Nesbit accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ross M. Nesbit see?

CMS counts 649 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nesbit in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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What services does Dr. Ross M. Nesbit bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Nesbit's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G2211) and hospital inpatient care (99233).

What drugs does Dr. Ross M. Nesbit prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nesbit's most prescribed drugs by claims were Spironolactone, Chlorthalidone and Furosemide.

Has Dr. Ross M. Nesbit received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $495,528 in general payments to Dr. Nesbit from 43 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Relypsa, Inc.

How long has Dr. Ross M. Nesbit been practicing?

Dr. Nesbit graduated from medical school in 2009, 17 years ago.

Does Dr. Ross M. Nesbit do research?

Dmand AI links 6 publications to Dr. Nesbit, published from 2017 to 2018.

Who does Dr. Ross M. Nesbit publish with?

Dr. Nesbit's most frequent co-authors are John M. Arthur, MD (1 shared paper), Allan S. Brett, MD (1 shared paper) and Nithin Karakala, MD (1 shared paper).

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