Cooper L. Nickel, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Caldwell, KS
Cooper L. Nickel, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Caldwell, Kansas, and NPI 1396279378, issued on Apr 17, 2017. Check the license (Kansas 04-41127, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cooper L. Nickel
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 04-41127 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 761 W 175TH St S, Caldwell, KS 67022
- Phone
- (620) 845-6492
- Enumerated
- Apr 17, 2017
- Record last updated
- Dec 7, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190125000445); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 761 W 175TH St S
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Summer BalmanPhysician Assistant1033890405
- Aidan Moreland, APRN, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1255196598
- Snezhana Solovey, RNEmergency Registered Nurse1376355123
Verify Cooper L. Nickel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 04-41127Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
50% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,776 Medicare Part D claims for 181 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 40 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium125 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium83 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate82 claims
- Lisinopril74 claims
- Losartan Potassium51 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium47 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 72.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $94.91
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
3 hospitals and group practices
- Decatur Health Systems IncOberlin, KS
- Hodgeman County Health CenterJetmore, KS · Critical Access Hospitals
- Sumner County Hospital District NO 1Caldwell, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov).
Cooper L. Nickel among 1,970 family medicine physician records in Kansas
Cooper L. Nickel, M.D. is one of 1,970 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 76% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2006 among the 1,164 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Caldwell
They are 2 of the 13 NPPES records with a practice address in Caldwell, and 1,970 family medicine physician records in Kansas.
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Common questions
What is Cooper L. Nickel, M.D.'s NPI number?
Cooper L. Nickel, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396279378, issued on Apr 17, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cooper L. Nickel, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 761 W 175TH St S, Caldwell, KS, 67022. Phone: (620) 845-6492. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cooper L. Nickel, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 04-41127, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Cooper L. Nickel, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cooper L. Nickel, M.D. had 1,776 Medicare Part D claims for 181 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cooper L. Nickel, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 72.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.