Nicholas Joseph Celano, M.D.
Dermatology Physician · National City, CA
Nicholas Joseph Celano, M.D. is a dermatology physician with a practice address in National City, California, and NPI 1457662264, issued on Jun 25, 2010. Check the license (California A120411, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicholas Joseph Celano
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Dermatology Physician 207N00000X
- License number
- A120411 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 655 Euclid Ave Ste 401, National City, CA 91950
- Phone
- (619) 267-8303
- Enumerated
- Jun 25, 2010
- Record last updated
- Sep 12, 2024
- Fax
- (619) 267-4835
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150720002621); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 655 Euclid Ave Ste 401
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Brooke Sateesh, MDDermatology Physician1164565339
Verify Nicholas Joseph Celano in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A120411Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average dermatology physician in 2024
3,785 Medicare Part D claims for 644 beneficiaries, against an average of 797 among the 12,802 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ketoconazole528 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide365 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate271 claims
- Betamethasone Dipropionate228 claims
- Clindamycin Phosphate219 claims
- Hydrocortisone159 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $208.89
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was education; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 10,250 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,544.61 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- William F Resh MD Skin And Skin Cancer Medical Group OF San Diego IncEl Cajon, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicholas Joseph Celano among 2,083 dermatology physician records in California
Nicholas Joseph Celano, M.D. is one of 2,083 dermatology physician records with a practice address in California. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 64% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2006 among the 1,450 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207N00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Dermatology Physician providers in California
There are 2,083 dermatology physician records in California.
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The 8 dermatology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Vijay Balakrishnan, MDNational City, CA 919501104311596
- Nicholas Bohrer, MDNational City, CA 919501689134348
- Philip Cohen, MDNational City, CA 919501366565467
- Justin Gordon, M.D.National City, CA 919501225353568
- Bobak PoustiNational City, CA 919501932736451
- Brooke Sateesh, MDNational City, CA 919501164565339
- Abhilasha Tyagi, MDNational City, CA 919501609262963
- Robert BushmanLa Mesa, CA 919421578561692
Common questions
What is Nicholas Joseph Celano, M.D.'s NPI number?
Nicholas Joseph Celano, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457662264, issued on Jun 25, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicholas Joseph Celano, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 655 Euclid Ave Ste 401, National City, CA, 91950. Phone: (619) 267-8303. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicholas Joseph Celano, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A120411, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nicholas Joseph Celano, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicholas Joseph Celano, M.D. had 3,785 Medicare Part D claims for 644 beneficiaries; the average among dermatology physician prescribers was 797. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nicholas Joseph Celano, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.