Vahagn Calvin Nikolian, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Portland, OR
Vahagn Calvin Nikolian, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Portland, Oregon, and NPI 1255692323, issued on Jun 5, 2012. Check the license (Oregon MD198614, as entered in NPPES) on the Oregon Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vahagn Calvin Nikolian
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- MD198614 OR
299058 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3303 S Bond Ave, Portland, OR 97239
- Phone
- (503) 494-4373
- Enumerated
- Jun 5, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (503) 418-4189
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190814000654); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vahagn Calvin Nikolian in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersOregon Medical Board
Search for license MD198614Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
87 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 37 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl37 claims
- Ibuprofen23 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $90,978.51
70 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Davol Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- New York UniversityNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vahagn Calvin Nikolian among 524 surgery physician records in Oregon
Vahagn Calvin Nikolian, M.D. is one of 524 surgery physician records with a practice address in Oregon. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 71% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 71% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2005 among the 321 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Oregon practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Oregon
There are 524 surgery physician records in Oregon.
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- Brian Lane, M.D.Portland, OR 972391568442184
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Common questions
What is Vahagn Calvin Nikolian, M.D.'s NPI number?
Vahagn Calvin Nikolian, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255692323, issued on Jun 5, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vahagn Calvin Nikolian, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3303 S Bond Ave, Portland, OR, 97239. Phone: (503) 494-4373. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vahagn Calvin Nikolian, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Oregon license number MD198614, as entered by the provider. Search the Oregon Medical Board at https://www.oregon.gov/OMB/Pages/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vahagn Calvin Nikolian, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vahagn Calvin Nikolian, M.D. had 87 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Vahagn Calvin Nikolian, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.8 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.