Nicole Lee Balchune, DO
Internal Medicine Physician · Hazleton, PA
Nicole Lee Balchune, DO is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1659505931, issued on May 14, 2009. Check the license (Pennsylvania OS014813, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicole Lee Balchune
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- OS014813 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 Alliance Dr, Hazleton, PA 18202
- Phone
- (570) 459-2226
- Enumerated
- May 14, 2009
- Record last updated
- Jun 13, 2023
- Fax
- (570) 459-2511
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090724000277); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine, 2006
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1000 Alliance Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Nicole Lee Balchune in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license OS014813Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
65% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,255 Medicare Part D claims for 528 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 206 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium193 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium181 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium176 claims
- Lisinopril169 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate164 claims
- Alprazolam137 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Lehigh Valley Physician GroupHazleton, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
14 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Hazleton
They are 14 of the 351 NPPES records with a practice address in Hazleton, and 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Nicole Lee Balchune, DO's NPI number?
Nicole Lee Balchune, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659505931, issued on May 14, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicole Lee Balchune, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 Alliance Dr, Hazleton, PA, 18202. Phone: (570) 459-2226. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicole Lee Balchune, DO's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number OS014813, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nicole Lee Balchune, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicole Lee Balchune, DO had 5,255 Medicare Part D claims for 528 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.