Arthroplasty, Replacement, KneeKnee JointProsthesis Failure
Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus, MD
NPI1700149572PAC ID9537305438
- Medicare services, 2024
- 5,898
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 324
- Part D claims, 2024
- 126
- Publications
- 5
- MIPS score, 2024
- 81
- Practice address
- 1160 E 3900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84124
- Practice phone
- Call (801) 262-3564
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Mountainstar Specialty Services
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus is an orthopedic surgeon in Salt Lake City, Utah
Dr. Nikolaus practices at Mountainstar Specialty Services in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dr. Nikolaus' NPI, 1700149572, was assigned on June 18, 2012. Dr. Nikolaus graduated from Mayo Medical School in 2012. Dr. Nikolaus holds North Carolina license 2017-00543.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1700149572NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9537305438
- NPI enumeration date
- June 18, 2012
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (801) 262-3564
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 40
- Medical school graduation
- 2012
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus practices at Mountainstar Specialty Services in Salt Lake City, Utah
Dr. Nikolaus' primary practice is Mountainstar Specialty Services, at 1160 E 3900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84124 in Salt Lake County. The practice phone is (801) 262-3564.
- Mountainstar Specialty Services1160 E 3900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84124 · Salt Lake CountyPhone(801) 262-3564
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Nikolaus' primary practice is Mountainstar Specialty Services in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Nikolaus is also affiliated with University of Utah Hospital. The medical group on file is MountainStar General Surgery - Salt Lake City. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nikolaus to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.
Mountainstar Specialty ServicesPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Nikolaus practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Mountainstar Specialty Services | Available with a free account |
| +4 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus is one of 231 orthopedic surgeons in Utah
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Nikolaus' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Nikolaus is licensed in North Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, North CarolinaPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus billed Medicare for 5,898 services in 2024
CMS data shows 5,898 Medicare services from Dr. Nikolaus across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 324 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $138,488 for them.
Medicare services, 20245,898
Medicare patients324
Paid by Medicare$138,488
Procedure codes15
Dr. Nikolaus' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 1532024: 5,0973231%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3452024: 3139%
- Imaging
- 2023: 5012024: 28643%
- Surgery
- 2023: 2462024: 20218%
Where Dr. Nikolaus' Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office5,79698%
- In a facility1022%
Dr. Nikolaus compared with the Utah median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Nikolaus
- Utah median
- Medicare services
- 5,898vs 6229.5 times
- Medicare patients
- 324vs 1582.1 times
- Part D claims
- 81vs 81Close to median
Medians across 228 orthopedic surgeons in Utah with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Nikolaus' 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. Oliver Brant Nikolaus treated 324 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 324 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nikolaus in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 180 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 69% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.02, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nikolaus' median patient age at 72, with 61% women.
Medicare patients, 2024324
Average age75
Average risk score1.02
Dr. Nikolaus' Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Nikolaus' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women21265%
- Men11235%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Nikolaus' Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High cholesterol69%
- High blood pressure65%
- Mood disorders32%
- Depression30%
- Anxiety25%
- Ischemic heart disease24%
- Diabetes23%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Nikolaus' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 72
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women61%
- Men38%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus wrote 126 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Nikolaus wrote 126 Medicare Part D claims for 64 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 81 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $351 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 92 claims across 4 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024126
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$351
Part D patients64
Dr. Nikolaus' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic122 claims97%
- Brand-name and other4 claims3%
Dr. Nikolaus' 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. Nikolaus' Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids37%46 of 126 claims
- Antibiotics17%21 of 126 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: 922024: 8112%
Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 4 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. Oliver Brant Nikolaus scored 81 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Nikolaus for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Nikolaus accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 88 procedures of hip replacement by Dr. Nikolaus, more than 96% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Nikolaus' MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 81of 100Final score
- 71.3of 100Quality
- 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 66of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Nikolaus ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Hip replacement
- 96th percentile88 procedures
- Knee replacement
- 74th percentile42 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 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. Oliver Brant Nikolaus has 5 publications on record
Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Nikolaus, published from 2011 to 2020. The most frequent topics are Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee and Reoperation. Dr. Nikolaus has published most often in J Arthroplasty. Dr. Nikolaus' most frequent co-authors are Arlen D. Hanssen, MD, Rafael J. Sierra, MD and Thomas Keith Fehring, MD.
Papers5
Years published2011 to 2020
Dr. Nikolaus' papers by year, 2011 to 2020
Topics Dr. Nikolaus writes about most
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Reoperation
Dr. Nikolaus' most frequent co-authors
- Arlen D. Hanssen, MD2 shared papers
- Rafael J. Sierra, MD2 shared papers
- Thomas Keith Fehring, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Nikolaus
J Arthroplasty
Arthroplasty, Replacement, KneeJoint DiseasesPatellofemoral Joint
Animals, Genetically ModifiedAxonsDCC Receptor
Anat Sci Educ
AnatomyChecklistConsumer Behavior
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus received $71,169 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 158 general payments to Dr. Nikolaus from 15 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 50% of the total. Gyder Surgical US Inc paid the most, $29,211.
General payments to Dr. Nikolaus by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Nikolaus by kind, 2016 to 2025
$71.2Kin total
- Travel and lodging$35,40650%
- Consulting fees$29,62442%
- Food and beverage$6,1409%
Companies that paid Dr. Nikolaus 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. Oliver Brant Nikolaus graduated from Mayo Medical School
Dr. Nikolaus graduated from Mayo Medical School in 2012.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus'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. Oliver Brant Nikolaus' NPI number?
Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus' NPI number is 1700149572. It was assigned on June 18, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus?
Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus is an orthopedic surgeon in Salt Lake City, Utah. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus practice?
Dr. Nikolaus practices at 1160 E 3900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84124. Dr. Nikolaus' primary practice is Mountainstar Specialty Services in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nikolaus to 1 hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.
What is Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Nikolaus is (801) 262-3564.
What is Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus' medical license number?
Dr. Nikolaus holds North Carolina license 2017-00543.
Which hospitals is Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus affiliated with?
Dr. Nikolaus is affiliated with University of Utah Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Nikolaus to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus part of?
Dr. Nikolaus is linked to MountainStar General Surgery - Salt Lake City.
Does Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nikolaus billed Medicare for 5,898 services in 2024, and Dr. Nikolaus accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus' MIPS score?
Dr. Nikolaus' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 81 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus see?
CMS counts 324 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nikolaus in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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What services does Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Nikolaus' most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1010), diagnostic imaging (73502) and office visit, established patient (99213).
Where did Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus go to medical school?
Dr. Nikolaus graduated from Mayo Medical School in 2012.
What drugs does Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nikolaus' most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Tramadol HCl and Oxycodone HCl.
Has Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $71,169 in general payments to Dr. Nikolaus from 15 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Gyder Surgical US Inc.
How long has Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus been practicing?
Dr. Nikolaus graduated from medical school in 2012, 14 years ago.
Does Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus do research?
Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Nikolaus, published from 2011 to 2020.
Who does Dr. Oliver Brant Nikolaus publish with?
Dr. Nikolaus' most frequent co-authors are Arlen D. Hanssen, MD (2 shared papers), Rafael J. Sierra, MD (2 shared papers) and Thomas Keith Fehring, MD (1 shared paper).
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