Shelly R. Nickels, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · San Antonio, TX
Shelly R. Nickels, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1891088159, issued on May 19, 2011. Check the license (Texas P8167, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shelly R. Nickels
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- P8167 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 18414 US Highway 281 N Ste 104, San Antonio, TX 78259
- Phone
- (210) 495-0224
- Enumerated
- May 19, 2011
- Record last updated
- Dec 29, 2023
- Fax
- (210) 495-0343
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140925001089); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Jc Edwards School Of Medicine, Marshall University, 2011
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 18414 US Highway 281 N Ste 104
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Shelly R. Nickels in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P8167Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
371 Medicare Part D claims for 175 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium21 claims
- Clopidogrel19 claims
- Furosemide19 claims
- Eliquis17 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate15 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate13 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: $154.07
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ceribell, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Hospital Medicine Services OF TX, PLLCSan Antonio, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shelly R. Nickels among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Shelly R. Nickels, MD is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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 60% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 60% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
657 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Antonio
They are 657 of the 37,749 NPPES records with a practice address in San Antonio, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Shelly R. Nickels, MD's NPI number?
Shelly R. Nickels, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891088159, issued on May 19, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shelly R. Nickels, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 18414 US Highway 281 N Ste 104, San Antonio, TX, 78259. Phone: (210) 495-0224. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shelly R. Nickels, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P8167, 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 Shelly R. Nickels, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shelly R. Nickels, MD had 371 Medicare Part D claims for 175 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.