Nicholas Tranakas, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Nicholas Tranakas, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and NPI 1982790184, issued on Oct 5, 2006. Check the license (Florida ME56834, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicholas Tranakas
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- ME56834 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2800 E Commercial Blvd Ste 102, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
- Phone
- (954) 491-0900
- Enumerated
- Oct 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 18, 2023
- Fax
- (954) 491-1306
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110912000636); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Miami, Lm Miller School Of Medicine, 1987
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2800 E Commercial Blvd Ste 102
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Nicholas Tranakas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME56834Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
43% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
84 Medicare Part D claims for 82 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 70 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen28 claims
- Tramadol Hcl27 claims
- Acetaminophen-Codeine12 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: $481.90
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Molli Surgical (us) Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Broward Surgical Associates IncFort Lauderdale, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicholas Tranakas among 1,887 surgery physician records in Florida
Nicholas Tranakas, M.D. is one of 1,887 surgery physician records with a practice address in Florida. 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2004 among the 1,170 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Florida
There are 1,887 surgery physician records in Florida.
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- Joseph Casey, M.D.Fort Lauderdale, FL 333081821012857
- Joseph Catino, M.D.Fort Lauderdale, FL 333081225109440
- Mufaddal Ghadiali, MDFort Lauderdale, FL 333081154354389
- Pedro Gonzalez, M.D.Fort Lauderdale, FL 333081053407205
- Armand Katz, M.D.Fort Lauderdale, FL 333081982624615
Common questions
What is Nicholas Tranakas, M.D.'s NPI number?
Nicholas Tranakas, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982790184, issued on Oct 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicholas Tranakas, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2800 E Commercial Blvd Ste 102, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33308. Phone: (954) 491-0900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicholas Tranakas, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME56834, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nicholas Tranakas, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicholas Tranakas, M.D. had 84 Medicare Part D claims for 82 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nicholas Tranakas, 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.