Nicolas C. Pugh, MD
Pain Medicine Physician · Abilene, TX
Nicolas C. Pugh, MD is a pain medicine physician with a practice address in Abilene, Texas, and NPI 1073042461, issued on Jun 8, 2017. Check the license (Texas U4314, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicolas C. Pugh
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0000X
- License numbers
- U4314 TX
323201 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1925 Hospital PL, Abilene, TX 79606
- Phone
- (325) 326-3433
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2017
- Record last updated
- May 8, 2026
- Fax
- (325) 378-9175
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231023002967); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1925 Hospital PL
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Adrianne Anders, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1467124792
Verify Nicolas C. Pugh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U4314Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
75% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pain medicine physician in 2024
531 Medicare Part D claims for 273 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,095 among the 944 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt65 claims
- Naproxen60 claims
- Methocarbamol35 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium30 claims
- Promethazine Hcl26 claims
- Sucralfate22 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $14.82
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Nevro Corp. The 769 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,397.95 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 2 group practices
- Abilene Advanced Pain InstituteAbilene, TX
- The West Texas Rehabilitation CenterAbilene, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicolas C. Pugh among 115 pain medicine physician records in Texas
Nicolas C. Pugh, MD is one of 115 pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 84% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 84% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2006 among the 83 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pain Medicine Physician providers in Texas
There are 115 pain medicine physician records in Texas.
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The 8 pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mandeep Othee, M.D.Odessa, TX 797611295850436
- Mohammad Murtuza, MDLubbock, TX 794301063161636
- Mohan KaretiEl Paso, TX 799031740221605
- Carmen Keith, MDEl Paso, TX 799111730308065
- Jeffrey Annabi, MDEl Paso, TX 799121669498416
- Manouchehr Refaeian, M.D.El Paso, TX 799251689632945
- Carlos Trigo, MDEl Paso, TX 799341487101259
- Evelyn Sbar, M.D.Amarillo, TX 791061871579086
Common questions
What is Nicolas C. Pugh, MD's NPI number?
Nicolas C. Pugh, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073042461, issued on Jun 8, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicolas C. Pugh, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1925 Hospital PL, Abilene, TX, 79606. Phone: (325) 326-3433. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicolas C. Pugh, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U4314, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nicolas C. Pugh, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicolas C. Pugh, MD had 531 Medicare Part D claims for 273 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,095. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nicolas C. Pugh, MD'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.