Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Nicholas Placone

Individual provider Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · NPI 1023513009

Nicholas Placone practises Internal Medicine in San Luis Obispo, California. Graduated from Medical College of Wisconsin in 2018, 8 years ago. Practices with Pacific Central Coast Health Centers, a 250-clinician group, works from 4 locations, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
8
Trained at
Medical College of Wisconsin
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2018
Specialties on file
2
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Practice location Address checks out

Student / training record This NPI belongs to someone enrolled in a health care training programme. It carries no licence and no practice of its own, so no address or phone number is published for it.

San Luis Obispo, CA

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Additional practice locations (3)

  • 850 Fair Oaks Ave Ste 220, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 — (805) 434-5530
  • 4150 V St # 1100, Sacramento, CA 95817-1460 — (916) 734-2737
  • 350 Posada Ln Ste 202, Templeton, CA 93465 — (805) 434-5530

Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence A164390 (CA)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1023513009
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedMarch 29, 2018
Last updated in NPPESOctober 2, 2024
Certification dateOctober 2, 2024

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolMEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
Graduated 2018 (8 years in practice)
Group practice Pacific Central Coast Health Centers — 250 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Colonoscopy 188 times · 92nd percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 192 times · 89th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients182
Services billed 320 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $161 3 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

  • Adventist Health Sierra Vista Hospital · San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Adventist Health Twin Cities Hospital · Templeton, CA
  • French Hospital Medical Center Hospital · San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Marian Regional Medical Center Hospital · Santa Maria, CA

Colleagues at Pacific Central Coast Health Centers

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 250 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

Other providers in San Luis Obispo