NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nicole Ralston, PA-C

Medical Physician Assistant · Golden, CO

Nicole Ralston, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Golden, Colorado, and NPI 1851843890, issued on Oct 25, 2016. Check the license (Colorado PA.0004841, as entered in NPPES) with the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1851843890
Name
Nicole Ralston
Credential
PA-C
Primary taxonomy
Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
License number
PA.0004841 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
5920 Mcintyre St, Golden, CO 80403
Phone
(720) 434-4876
Enumerated
Oct 25, 2016
Record last updated
Aug 26, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20161115000613); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 5920 Mcintyre St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Clarence Adams, NPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1609278290
  2. Mark Adams, MDGeriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1881682888
  3. Maureen Allen, WHNPWomen's Health Nurse Practitioner1770525925
  4. Katherine Arthur, PA-CPhysician Assistant1710127659
  5. Myrtle Barlow, NP-CNurse Practitioner1629331186
  6. Sharon Blumenthal, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1861628802

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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Colorado board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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1% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024

1,132 Medicare Part D claims for 164 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 36% of claims.

  1. Nicole Ralston1,132
  2. Specialty average1,148

Most prescribed

  1. Xcopri162 claims
  2. Levetiracetam91 claims
  3. Lacosamide85 claims
  4. Lamotrigine76 claims
  5. Clobazam67 claims
  6. Epidiolex51 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: $1,046.93

13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was SK Life Science, Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Nicole Ralston$1,046.93
  2. Specialty average$1,055.00

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

  1. University Physicians IncorporatedAurora, CO

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Nicole Ralston among 1,308 medical physician assistant records in Colorado

Nicole Ralston, PA-C is one of 1,308 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Colorado. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 65% of them.

  • NPI issued2016 · 65% of these records are older, 30% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
  • Graduated2016 · median 2014 among the 727 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

21 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Golden

They are 21 of the 1,371 NPPES records with a practice address in Golden, and 1,308 medical physician assistant records in Colorado.

The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Kim Buckley, PA-CGolden, CO 804031144258252
  2. Mario Capocelli, PA-CGolden, CO 804031326113473
  3. Galin Hartsuiker, PA-CGolden, CO 804031447229927
  4. Kim Lehto-Smith, PA-CGolden, CO 804031982711040
  5. Jeffrey Meyers, PAGolden, CO 804031295918829
  6. Lilias Morgan, PAGolden, CO 804031841564432
  7. Travis Neill, PA-CGolden, CO 804031013242460
  8. Valerie Paulson, PA-CGolden, CO 804031598192742

Common questions

What is Nicole Ralston, PA-C's NPI number?

Nicole Ralston, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851843890, issued on Oct 25, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Nicole Ralston, PA-C located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5920 Mcintyre St, Golden, CO, 80403. Phone: (720) 434-4876. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Nicole Ralston, PA-C's license?

NPPES lists Colorado license number PA.0004841, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Nicole Ralston, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Nicole Ralston, PA-C had 1,132 Medicare Part D claims for 164 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.