NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nicholas Prayson

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Wooster, OH

Nicholas Prayson is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Wooster, Ohio, and NPI 1073002077, issued on May 4, 2018. Check the license (Ohio 35.148582, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1073002077
Name
Nicholas Prayson
Primary taxonomy
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
License number
35.148582 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
546 Winter St # 200, Wooster, OH 44691, Wooster, OH 44691
Phone
(330) 202-5580
Enumerated
May 4, 2018
Record last updated
Jul 31, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230821003378); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College Of Med Of Case Wstn Rsv University, 2018
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Nicholas Prayson in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024

590 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 206 claims were for opioids.

  1. Nicholas Prayson590
  2. Specialty average2,306

Most prescribed

  1. Gabapentin101 claims
  2. Tramadol Hcl70 claims
  3. Tizanidine Hcl68 claims
  4. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen44 claims
  5. Meloxicam43 claims
  6. Baclofen41 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $580.43

17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Nicholas Prayson$580.43
  2. Specialty average$3,889.53

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

2 hospitals and group practices

  1. Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
  2. Pain Management Institute LLCWooster, OH

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). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.

Nicholas Prayson among 79 interventional pain medicine physician records in Ohio

Nicholas Prayson is one of 79 interventional pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 96% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 96% of these records are older, 3% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 78% of these records are
  • Graduated2018 · median 2001 among the 62 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 43% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0014X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Ohio

There are 79 interventional pain medicine physician records in Ohio.

The 8 interventional pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Adel Zakari, M.D.Canton, OH 447181114053287
  2. Aisha Rahman, MDNorth Canton, OH 447201912196114
  3. Ripal Parikh, D.O.Galion, OH 448331487973418
  4. George Andrews, M.D.Warren, OH 444831861667370
  5. Dina Hanna, M.D.Warren, OH 444831407922586
  6. James Wolfe, MDMansfield, OH 449031912985094
  7. Theodore Togliatti, M.D.Mansfield, OH 449071275755993
  8. Humam Akbik, MDFairfield, OH 450141821041674

Common questions

What is Nicholas Prayson's NPI number?

Nicholas Prayson's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073002077, issued on May 4, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Nicholas Prayson located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 546 Winter St # 200, Wooster, OH 44691, Wooster, OH, 44691. Phone: (330) 202-5580. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Nicholas Prayson's license?

NPPES lists Ohio license number 35.148582, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Nicholas Prayson prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Nicholas Prayson had 590 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

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.