Nikolas Blevins, MD

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3 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Plans that list them

5 plans · 2 carriers

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician

SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)	Santa Clara Family Health Plan	Listed	Sep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence G68567 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2003 · expires 2027-02-28 · Harvard Medical School.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

Hospitals they work in

1 hospital

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

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Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases	Worse	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases	Worse	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases	Better	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.317	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.446	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	0.241	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits	0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases	Better	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	0.86 (0.72 to 1)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths	166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths	1.1 · 192 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths	6.4 · 146 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths	9.7 · 253 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths	6.3 · 880 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	10.3 · 935 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	8.7 · 501 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	2.1 · 7,730 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	3.6 · 416 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.869	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.857	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections	0.368	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.2 · 247 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	20.5 · 1,021 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits	47.8 · 258 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	-1.6 · 990 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	20.8 · 976 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.5 · 959 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	5.1 · 425 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits	9.6 · 158 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	19.6 · 183 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits	12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases	No different	Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care

Cleanliness	4
Nurse communication	4
Doctor communication	4
Communication about medicines	3
Discharge information	4
Overall hospital rating	4
Quietness	2
Recommend hospital	5

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care

Room was "always" clean	75%
Nurses "always" communicated well	82%
Doctors "always" communicated well	81%
Staff "always" explained	63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	79%
Staff "always" explained new medications	76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	88%
"Always" quiet at night	53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$69,873

Medicare paid this office $69,873 for 280 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Insertion of cochlear device	14	$15,810	$1,129
Short return visit (20+ min)	156	$12,851	$56
New patient visit (45+ min)	76	$8,283	$109
Return visit (30+ min)	62	$5,303	$79
Exam of ear using a microscope	21	$190	$7

Who their Medicare patients are

280 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 8% · 85 and older 15% · Women 52% · Also on Medicaid 11% · Health risk score 1.07. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 66% · Coronary heart disease 24% · Diabetes 23% · Chronic kidney disease 20% · Atrial fibrillation 16% · Cancer 15% · Depression 15% · COPD 10% · Heart failure 9% · Stroke 9% · Dementia 4%.

The office billed $446,598, Medicare allowed $92,048 and paid $69,873; for 490 services of 39 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	280	490	75	1.07	$446,598	$69,873
2023	232	390	75	0.97	$330,433	$61,820
2022	218	403	75	0.97	$397,734	$62,207
2021	248	463	73	0.95	$372,953	$66,769
2020	219	451	74	1.07	$359,848	$60,187
2019	245	470	73	1.05	$428,638	$73,341
2018	212	392	72	1.05	$492,573	$77,615
2017	258	483	72	1.22	$545,968	$89,465
2016	261	511	72	1.02	$449,008	$77,380
2015	263	548	72	1.05	$562,437	$90,990
2014	297	555	72	1.06	$468,836	$79,845
2013	288	537	71	1.14	$446,569	$78,786

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

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2023: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Insertion of cochlear device	19	$21,284	$1,120
Short return visit (20+ min)	124	$9,051	$55
New patient visit (45+ min)	63	$6,487	$103
Return visit (30+ min)	50	$4,065	$78
New patient visit (30+ min)	13	$909	$70
Exam of ear using a microscope	25	$268	$7

2022: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Insertion of cochlear device	17	$21,706	$1,206
Short return visit (20+ min)	125	$9,865	$56
New patient visit (45+ min)	43	$4,996	$116
Return visit (30+ min)	42	$3,685	$88
Exam of ear using a microscope	42	$456	$8

2021: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Insertion of cochlear device	18	$19,739	$1,097
Short return visit (20+ min)	125	$9,667	$52
New patient visit (45+ min)	66	$7,177	$109
Return visit (30+ min)	59	$5,225	$78
New patient visit (30+ min)	14	$928	$66
Exam of ear using a microscope	48	$431	$7

2020: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Insertion of cochlear device	18	$22,273	$1,237
Short return visit (20+ min)	118	$8,322	$44
New patient visit (45+ min)	44	$4,917	$112
Return visit (30+ min)	47	$3,209	$65
New patient visit (30+ min)	20	$1,258	$63
Exam of ear using a microscope	38	$600	$9

2019: 7 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Insertion of cochlear device	23	$26,108	$1,135
Short return visit (20+ min)	111	$6,927	$41
Return visit (30+ min)	64	$4,500	$64
New patient visit (45+ min)	42	$4,255	$101
New patient visit (30+ min)	23	$1,303	$57
New patient visit (15+ min)	12	$507	$42
Exam of ear using a microscope	43	$499	$8

2018: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2018

Insertion of cochlear device	23	$25,721	$1,118
Short return visit (20+ min)	99	$5,578	$43
New patient visit (45+ min)	49	$5,251	$107
Return visit (30+ min)	43	$2,967	$67
New patient visit (30+ min)	11	$748	$68
Exam of ear using a microscope	52	$494	$8

2017: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2017

Insertion of cochlear device	31	$34,414	$1,110
New patient visit (45+ min)	66	$7,158	$108
Short return visit (20+ min)	94	$5,487	$39
Return visit (30+ min)	76	$5,311	$66
New patient visit (30+ min)	19	$1,152	$61
Exam of ear using a microscope	59	$564	$7

2016: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2016

Insertion of cochlear device	23	$26,270	$1,142
New patient visit (45+ min)	80	$8,591	$107
Short return visit (20+ min)	101	$5,794	$36
Return visit (30+ min)	65	$4,413	$67
New patient visit (30+ min)	27	$1,421	$53
Exam of ear using a microscope	62	$738	$8

2015: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2015

Insertion of cochlear device	16	$17,052	$1,066
Short return visit (20+ min)	144	$8,529	$41
New patient visit (45+ min)	38	$4,035	$106
New patient visit (30+ min)	61	$4,010	$66
Return visit (30+ min)	28	$1,611	$52
Exam of ear using a microscope	55	$785	$8

2014: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2014

Insertion of cochlear device	23	$25,849	$1,124
Short return visit (20+ min)	152	$8,982	$39
New patient visit (45+ min)	69	$7,907	$115
Return visit (30+ min)	45	$3,146	$68
New patient visit (30+ min)	39	$2,142	$55
Exam of ear using a microscope	53	$629	$8

2013: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2013

Insertion of cochlear device	21	$23,383	$1,113
Short return visit (20+ min)	185	$9,423	$37
New patient visit (45+ min)	47	$4,992	$106
New patient visit (30+ min)	62	$3,825	$62
Return visit (30+ min)	15	$918	$57
Exam of ear using a microscope	45	$514	$8

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$3,408

Pharmacies billed $3,408 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

58 generic and 14 brand-name prescriptions · $3,408 in drug cost · 16 antibiotic prescriptions to 15 people.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Ciprofloxacin-Dexamethasone	12	$1,422	$118
Ofloxacin	13	$655	$50

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	72	34	None	19%	$3,408
2023	44	26	None	None	$1,584
2022	52	26	None	21%	$4,115
2021	52	25	None	None	$7,782
2020	63	28	None	24%	$4,280
2019	57	30	None	None	$3,248
2018	73	36	None	15%	$4,520
2017	85	48	None	19%	$5,262
2016	95	42	None	37%	$8,248
2015	189	71	6% (12)	34%	$22,891
2014	129	65	14% (18)	None	$5,620
2013	156	61	10% (15)	28%	$8,654

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2019: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Cephalexin	11	$122	$11

2017: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2017

Ciprodex	13	$2,617	$201
Ofloxacin	24	$1,528	$64
Cephalexin	12	$64	$5

2016: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2016

Ciprodex	21	$4,323	$206

2015: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2015

Ciprodex	45	$7,964	$177
Ofloxacin	21	$1,391	$66
Cephalexin	18	$92	$5

2014: 4 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2014

Ciprodex	11	$1,898	$173
Ofloxacin	13	$374	$29
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	17	$130	$8
Cephalexin	22	$110	$5

2013: 5 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2013

Ciprodex	26	$4,174	$161
Acetazolamide	14	$829	$59
Ofloxacin	17	$312	$18
Cephalexin	19	$120	$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	15	$89	$6

Money from drug and device companies

$192 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	1	10	None	$192
2023	1	1	None	$25
2021	1	2	None	$81
2019	1	2	None	$6,038

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

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Payments by company

Medtronic	Midas Rex	$192	10 payments Meals for Midas Rex · 2025-04-06 · $11 Meals for Midas Rex · 2025-04-06 · $2 Meals for Midas Rex · 2025-04-06 · $42 Meals for Midas Rex · 2025-04-06 · $45 Meals for Midas Rex · 2025-04-06 · $2 Meals for Midas Rex · 2025-04-05 · $12 Meals for Midas Rex · 2025-04-05 · $30 Meals for Midas Rex · 2025-04-05 · $2 Meals for Midas Rex · 2025-04-05 · $35 Meals for Midas Rex · 2025-04-05 · $10

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Every published payment

Medtronic	Meals · 2025-04-06	Midas Rex	$11
Medtronic	Meals · 2025-04-06	Midas Rex	$2
Medtronic	Meals · 2025-04-06	Midas Rex	$42
Medtronic	Meals · 2025-04-06	Midas Rex	$45
Medtronic	Meals · 2025-04-06	Midas Rex	$2
Medtronic	Meals · 2025-04-05	Midas Rex	$12
Medtronic	Meals · 2025-04-05	Midas Rex	$30
Medtronic	Meals · 2025-04-05	Midas Rex	$2
Medtronic	Meals · 2025-04-05	Midas Rex	$35
Medtronic	Meals · 2025-04-05	Midas Rex	$10

See earlier years (2023, 2021, 2019)

2023: $25

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Payments by company in 2023

iotaMotion	Iotasoft Insertion System	$25	1 payment Meals for Iotasoft Insertion System · 2023-10-04 · $25

2021: $81

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Payments by company in 2021

Stryker	N/A	$81	2 payments Meals for N/A · 2021-10-30 · $39 Meals for N/A · 2021-10-30 · $42

2019: $6,038

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Payments by company in 2019

Med-El	Med-El Maestro Cochlear Implant System	$6,038	2 payments Education for Med-El Maestro Cochlear Implant System · 2019-07-24 · $6,000 Meals for Med-El Maestro Cochlear Implant System · 2019-05-03 · $38

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score: 76.5 / 100; Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI: 1093863169
Licence: CA 6068567, CA G68567California G68567: Current · expires 2027-02-28
Trained: Harvard Medical School, 1988
Group: Stanford Health Care
Video visits: Lists video visits
Gender: Male

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Federal specialty code 207YX0901X (207YX0901X); Otolaryngology (207Y00000X)
Mailing address: 801 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed: 2007-01-08
NPI last updated: 2024-04-28
NPI record certified: 2024-04-28

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.

Extra NPI addresses: 801 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305