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In East Setauket, Dr. James Nicholson works as an orthopedic surgeon at Stony Brook Orthopaedic Associates, University Faculty Practice Corpor.
About Dr. Nicholson's practice
- Specialty
- Orthopedic surgeon
- Credentials
- MD
- Practice
- Stony Brook Orthopaedic Associates, University Faculty Practice Corpor
- Address
- 14 Technology Dr Suite 11, East Setauket, NY 11733
- Phone
- (631) 444-4233
- Medical school
- Drexel University College of Medicine (1999)
- Hospital affiliations
- Stony Brook University Hospital, St. Charles Hospital
- Medicare assignment
- Accepts
- NPI number
- 1043251655
- NY license no.
- 236798
Dr. Nicholson earned his medical degree at Drexel University College of Medicine in 1999 — 27 years ago.
To book an appointment, call (631) 444-4233. Dr. Nicholson's office is at 14 Technology Dr Suite 11, East Setauket, NY 11733. 49 clinicians bill Medicare through Stony Brook Orthopaedic Associates, University Faculty Practice Corpor, so it is a group practice rather than a solo office. Dr. Nicholson accepts Medicare assignment, which means he takes the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
On the hospital side, Dr. Nicholson holds affiliations with Stony Brook University Hospital and St. Charles Hospital.
Have you been a patient of Dr. Nicholson? A short, fair review — what went well, what didn't — helps the next person choosing an orthopedic surgeon in East Setauket.
Medicare, Medicaid and hospitals
- Medicare patients (2024)
- 1,272 people with traditional Medicare, average age 75
- Most common services billed to Medicare
- Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint
- Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and
- Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee
- Procedures on Medicare Care Compare
- Knee replacement 197 procedures
- Hip replacement 161 procedures
- Removal of tissue 1–10 procedures
- Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 procedures
- New York Medicaid
- Enrolled fee-for-service provider since 2005. Medicaid managed-care plans keep their own networks, so check with your plan.
- Hospital pages
- St. Charles Hospital · Stony Brook University Hospital
Medicare figures cover people with traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare only; services billed for fewer than 11 patients are not published.
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Frequently Asked Questions
With Stony Brook Orthopaedic Associates, University Faculty Practice Corpor, at 14 Technology Dr Suite 11, East Setauket, NY 11733.
Call the office at (631) 444-4233.
Yes — Dr. Nicholson accepts Medicare assignment, taking the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
Stony Brook University Hospital and St. Charles Hospital.
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