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Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD

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Specializes in: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

2700 Oak Street
Chattanooga, TN 37404

(423) 717-1700

Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD is an orthopedist in Chattanooga, TN specializing in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery.

Office Locations

2700 Oak Street
Chattanooga, TN 37404

(423) 717-1700

1-866-719-8717

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD treated as an orthopedist in Chattanooga, TN during 2012 were diagnostic procedures, injections, spinal procedures and pain management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	96
diagnostic procedures	888
doctor visit	870
injections	587
minimally invasive procedures	19
nerve block	476
nerve procedures	19
pain management	510
pelvic imaging	48
spinal procedures	585
X-rays	142

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD treated as an orthopedist in Chattanooga, TN during 2013 were injections, spinal procedures, pain management and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	157
diagnostic procedures	233
doctor visit	773
injections	722
minimally invasive procedures	43
nerve block	538
nerve procedures	43
pain management	608
pelvic imaging	51
spinal procedures	666
X-rays	152

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD.

**Gender**
Male	273
Female	341

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	603
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	338
From 75 to 84	161
85 and over	26
Less than 65	89

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD in 2013

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	32
Dementia	5
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD treated as an orthopedist in Chattanooga, TN during 2014 were injections, spinal procedures, pain management and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	213
blood draw	98
diagnostic procedures	226
doctor visit	912
injections	841
minimally invasive procedures	59
nerve block	596
nerve procedures	59
pain management	687
pelvic imaging	42
spinal procedures	739
X-rays	153

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD.

**Gender**
Male	334
Female	448

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	764
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	405
From 75 to 84	217
85 and over	39
Less than 65	121

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD in 2014

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	32
Dementia	5
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD treated as an orthopedist in Chattanooga, TN during 2015 were injections, spinal procedures, pain management and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	208
blood draw	84
diagnostic procedures	244
doctor visit	886
injections	775
minimally invasive procedures	48
musculoskeletal imaging	19
nerve block	518
nerve procedures	48
pain management	600
pelvic imaging	60
spinal procedures	696
X-rays	223

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD.

**Gender**
Male	726
Female	970

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	1666
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	872
From 75 to 84	464
85 and over	72
Less than 65	288

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD in 2015

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	15
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	33
Dementia	7
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD treated as an orthopedist in Chattanooga, TN during 2016 were injections, spinal procedures, pain management and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	422
diagnostic procedures	192
doctor visit	995
injections	941
minimally invasive procedures	27
musculoskeletal imaging	35
nerve block	442
nerve procedures	27
pain management	519
pelvic imaging	58
spinal procedures	654
X-rays	255

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD.

**Gender**
Male	352
Female	516

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	845
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	444
From 75 to 84	268
85 and over	47
Less than 65	109

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	20
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	33
Dementia	4
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD treated as an orthopedist in Chattanooga, TN during 2017 were injections, spinal procedures, pain management and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	320
diagnostic procedures	186
doctor visit	885
hip imaging	18
injections	781
minimally invasive procedures	27
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	120
musculoskeletal imaging	50
nerve block	420
nerve procedures	27
pain management	488
pelvic imaging	87
spinal procedures	667
X-rays	223

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD.

**Gender**
Male	337
Female	463

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	780
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	407
From 75 to 84	236
85 and over	55
Less than 65	102

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD in 2017

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	34
Dementia	6
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD treated as an orthopedist in Chattanooga, TN during 2018 were spinal procedures, injections, pain management and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	177
diagnostic procedures	173
doctor visit	705
hip imaging	20
injections	585
minimally invasive procedures	26
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	152
musculoskeletal imaging	33
nerve block	381
nerve procedures	26
pain management	434
pelvic imaging	75
spinal procedures	619
X-rays	167

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD.

**Gender**
Male	263
Female	385

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	629
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	328
From 75 to 84	209
85 and over	33
Less than 65	78

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	32
Dementia	6
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD treated as an orthopedist in Chattanooga, TN during 2019 were nerve block, pain management, spinal procedures and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	25
injections	21
nerve block	21
pain management	21
spinal procedures	21

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD.

**Gender**
Male	17
Female	35

**Age**
From 65 to 74	23
From 75 to 84	17
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD in 2019

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	27
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2019

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD treated as an orthopedist in Chattanooga, TN were injections, spinal procedures, pain management and nerve block.

aspiration	227
blood draw	91
diagnostic procedures	306
doctor visit	756
hip imaging	19
injections	656
minimally invasive procedures	35
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	136
musculoskeletal imaging	34
nerve block	424
nerve procedures	35
pain management	483
pelvic imaging	60
spinal procedures	580
X-rays	187

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2019

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD.

**Gender**
Male	287
Female	394

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	660
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	196
85 and over	34
Less than 65	98
65 to 74	352

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD From 2012 - 2019

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	2
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Asthma	8
Osteoporosis	6
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	27
Atrial Fibrillation	6
Dementia	4
Cancer	6

Education & Training

He has a state license in Tennessee.

Licensed In: Tennessee

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. John Keith Nichols, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Chiesi USA, Inc.	$53 CLEVIPREX $32	KENGREAL $21
Stryker Corporation	$37 Target $19	SURPASS EVOLVE $18
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$23 $23
ConforMIS, Inc.	$13 ALL $13
Novo Nordisk Inc	$13 Saxenda $13
Other	$23 CELEBREX $12	Durolane $11

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$141
Education	$21

Biography

Dr. John Nichols, who practices in Chattanooga, TN, is a medical specialist in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. Dr. Nichols has obtained a license to practice in Tennessee.