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William Henry Nelson, MD

NPI 1104076579ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Pittsburgh, PA

Surgery (MD) with Allegheny Clinic, practicing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $37,148 for 137 patients in 2024, with only 13 Part D claims. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. reported $4,163 in payments in 2025, mostly education. Lists Ahn Wexford Hospital and 3 other hospitals as hospital affiliations.

Overview

NPI1104076579
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedSep 23, 2008
Last updated in NPPESOct 5, 2020
Certified by providerOct 5, 2020

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000XMD442050PA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - General Surgery (PA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients137
Services billed250 across 38 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$37,148

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)13 · 13 30-day fills
Patients13
Total drug cost$41.21
Generic share100% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year2008
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$4,163 · 5 payments from 1 company
  • 2024$368.61 · 3 payments from 3 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.$4,1635

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Education$4,000 · 1 payment
  • Food and Beverage$162.85 · 4 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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