Nicole K Cates, DPM
Podiatry · San Francisco
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 12
- 2 carriers
- Offices
- 3
- Since medical school
- 10 years
- California School of Podiatric Medicine, 2016
Offices
3 locations · Hyperbaric Consultants Medical Group Inc · Hand and Microsurgery Medical Group Inc
Plans that list them
12 plans · 2 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Cates’s office to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
12 of 12 plans
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Imperial Courage Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Dynamic Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Senior Value (HMO C-SNP) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$22,978
Medicare paid this office $22,978 for 26 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $5,742 | $122 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) | 1-10 | None |
| Removal of nail tissue | 1-10 | None |
| Removal of tissue | 229 | More than 92% of doctors who do this |
| Removal or shaving of skin growth | 1-10 | None |
| Spinal fusion | 1-10 | None |
Procedures year by year
| Procedure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 93 | 105 | 160 | – |
Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.
Who their Medicare patients are
26 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 46% · Health risk score 1.63. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical podiatry clinician is at 1.55.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 50%.
The office billed $58,229, Medicare allowed $29,355 and paid $22,978; for 232 services of 26 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.
Year by year
| 2024 | 26 | 232 | 75 | 1.63 | $58,229 | $22,978 |
| 2023 | 47 | 2,003 | 74 | 1.90 | $555,170 | $178,285 |
| 2022 | 36 | 929 | 76 | 1.98 | $246,570 | $86,595 |
| 2021 | 32 | 919 | 74 | 2.00 | $289,593 | $91,905 |
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.
See the services billed each year
2023: 6 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 26 | $27,725 | $116 |
| Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 15 | $19,281 | $121 |
| Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less | 13 | $15,372 | $102 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 20 | $4,875 | $83 |
| Short return visit | 13 | $1,197 | $54 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 13 | $924 | $71 |
2022: 5 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 21 | $15,993 | $116 |
| Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 17 | $12,494 | $119 |
| Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less | 14 | $7,192 | $101 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 11 | $2,042 | $79 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 11 | $942 | $86 |
2021: 4 services
| Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 12 | $11,426 | $123 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 19 | $9,475 | $120 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 11 | $4,597 | $84 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 11 | $1,167 | $90 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$4,688
Pharmacies billed $4,688 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 12) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to judge: with under about 50 a year, a handful of patients can swing this share.
$4,688 in drug cost.
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.
Year by year
| 2024 | 12 | None | 0% (0) | None | $4,688 |
| 2023 | 62 | 31 | None | None | $2,413 |
| 2022 | 44 | 26 | None | None | $1,831 |
| 2021 | 40 | 16 | None | 0% | $682 |
| 2020 | 15 | None | 0% (0) | None | $1,522 |
| 2019 | 11 | None | None | None | $1,339 |
| 2018 | 21 | 12 | None | None | $2,220 |
| 2017 | 16 | None | None | None | $2,670 |
| 2016 | 29 | 13 | None | None | $680 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 2 drugs
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $162 | $15 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 12 | $55 | $5 |
2022: 1 drug
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 11 | $53 | $5 |
Money from drug and device companies
$265 in 2025
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | None | $265 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | None | $150 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | None | $120 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 | None | $408 |
| 2020 | 4 | 11 | None | $1,687 |
| 2019 | 2 | 11 | None | $11,048 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Paragon 28 | Monkey Rings | $121 | 1 payment
|
| Stryker | Hoffmann | $89 | 1 payment
|
| Solventum | Activ.A.C. | $29 | 1 payment
|
| Molnlycke Health Care US | Mextra Superabsorbant | $26 | 1 payment
|
See all 4 published payments
| Molnlycke Health Care US | Meals · 2025-11-19 | Mextra Superabsorbant | $26 |
| Solventum | Meals · 2025-04-01 | Activ.A.C. | $29 |
| Paragon 28 | Meals · 2025-03-28 | Monkey Rings | $121 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-01-14 | Hoffmann | $89 |
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
2023: $150
| Stryker | Infinity | $122 | 2 payments
|
| Paragon 28 | Monkey Rings | $28 | 1 payment
|
2022: $120
| Stryker | Allomatrix | $82 | 2 payments
|
| ConvaTec | Aquacel Ag+ | $20 | 1 payment
|
| Paragon 28 | Grappler | $18 | 1 payment
|
2021: $408
| Crossroads Extremity Systems | Medical Implant | $152 | 1 payment
|
| Stryker | Augment Injectable | $136 | 3 payments
|
| Organogenesis | Puraply Antimicrobial | $102 | 4 payments
|
| Smith+Nephew | Collagenase Santyl | $18 | 1 payment
|
2020: $1,687
| Evolution Surgical | None | $770 | 2 payments
|
| Arthrex | None | $556 | 3 payments
|
| Stryker | Hoffmann | $289 | 4 payments
|
| Smith+Nephew | Taylor Spatial Frame | $72 | 2 payments
|
2019: $11,048
| Arthrex | None | $10,000 | 1 payment
|
| Smith+Nephew | Taylor Spatial Frame | $1,048 | 10 payments
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1386008779
- Licence
- CA E5708
- Trained
- California School of Podiatric Medicine, 2016 · 10 years ago
- Group
- Hyperbaric Consultants Medical Group Inc · Hand and Microsurgery Medical Group Inc
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 213ES0103X (213ES0103X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 2299 Post St Ste 103, San Francisco, CA, 94115
- NPI first listed
- 2016-04-11
- NPI last updated
- 2020-08-21
- NPI record certified
- 2020-08-21
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 2200 Kernan Dr Ste 1132, Baltimore, MD, 21207