Nicholas J. Rua, CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Columbia, SC
Nicholas J. Rua, CRNA is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1851728018, issued on Oct 2, 2013. Check the license (South Carolina 101311, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicholas J. Rua
- Credential
- CRNA
- Primary taxonomy
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
- License number
- 101311 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5 Richland Medical Park Dr, Columbia, SC 29203
- Phone
- (803) 434-7000
- Enumerated
- Oct 2, 2013
- Record last updated
- Nov 11, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140729000836); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nicholas J. Rua in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 101311Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83 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: $95.20
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 24,076 providers of this specialty with any payment received $135.08 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
- Lexington Health IncWest Columbia, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicholas J. Rua among 1,868 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in South Carolina
Nicholas J. Rua, CRNA is one of 1,868 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with a practice address in South Carolina. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 59% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 59% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2012 among the 1,415 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367500000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
166 certified registered nurse anesthetist records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 166 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,868 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Nicholas J. Rua, CRNA's NPI number?
Nicholas J. Rua, CRNA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851728018, issued on Oct 2, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicholas J. Rua, CRNA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5 Richland Medical Park Dr, Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (803) 434-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicholas J. Rua, CRNA's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 101311, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Nicholas J. Rua, CRNA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83 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.