Nicholas Paul Smith, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Charleston, SC
Nicholas Paul Smith, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Charleston, South Carolina, and NPI 1720717374, issued on Jun 8, 2022. Check the license (South Carolina LL87827, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicholas Paul Smith
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- LL87827 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 169 Ashley Avenue Room 202 Main Hospital, Charleston, SC 29425
- Phone
- (843) 792-5386
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2022
- Record last updated
- Jun 8, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250625001530); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York Medical College, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 169 Ashley Avenue Room 202 Main Hospital
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Verify Nicholas Paul Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license LL87827Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
470 Medicare Part D claims for 83 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium28 claims
- Losartan Potassium22 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium19 claims
- Furosemide18 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate17 claims
- Jardiance15 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: $242.11
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- University Medical Associates OF The Medical University OF South CarolCharleston, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicholas Paul Smith among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Nicholas Paul Smith, MD is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 82% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2006 among the 1,119 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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 207R00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
427 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Charleston
They are 427 of the 10,840 NPPES records with a practice address in Charleston, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Nicholas Paul Smith, MD's NPI number?
Nicholas Paul Smith, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720717374, issued on Jun 8, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicholas Paul Smith, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 169 Ashley Avenue Room 202 Main Hospital, Charleston, SC, 29425. Phone: (843) 792-5386. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicholas Paul Smith, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number LL87827, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nicholas Paul Smith, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicholas Paul Smith, MD had 470 Medicare Part D claims for 83 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.