Nicole Van Nest Crane, FNP
Nurse Practitioner · Asheville, NC
Nicole Van Nest Crane, FNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1023306693, issued on Jul 18, 2011. Check the license (North Carolina 5005213, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicole Van Nest Crane
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 5005213 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 551 Brevard RD, Asheville, NC 28806
- Phone
- (828) 212-7021
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2011
- Record last updated
- Mar 28, 2023
- Fax
- (828) 232-8218
- Medicaid ID
- 7006356 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110831000467); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nicole Van Nest Crane in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 5005213Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
453 Medicare Part D claims for 183 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 112 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl43 claims
- Ondansetron Odt41 claims
- Lorazepam28 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen24 claims
- Diphenoxylate-Atropine19 claims
- Promethazine Hcl19 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: $545.34
24 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- American Oncology Partners PAAsheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicole Van Nest Crane among 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Nicole Van Nest Crane, FNP is one of 4,524 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in North Carolina. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 28% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 28% of these records are older, 69% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2018 among the 2,863 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 34% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
198 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Asheville
They are 198 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Nicole Van Nest Crane, FNP's NPI number?
Nicole Van Nest Crane, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023306693, issued on Jul 18, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicole Van Nest Crane, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 551 Brevard RD, Asheville, NC, 28806. Phone: (828) 212-7021. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicole Van Nest Crane, FNP's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5005213, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Nicole Van Nest Crane, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicole Van Nest Crane, FNP had 453 Medicare Part D claims for 183 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.