Nicholas Ramon Vargas, MD

Primary specialty

Body Imaging PhysicianTaxonomy code 2085B0100X

License

A182520 Issued in CA

Practice address

10121 Pine Ave
Truckee, CA 96161-4835

Phone

(530) 587-6011

NPI assigned

Mar 22, 2019

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA, NV2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Diagnostic Radiology

Education

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Tahoe Forest Hospital DistrictGroup PAC ID 0446161335, 140 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Tahoe Forest Hospital Hospital, Truckee, CA, CCN 051328

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

83.15 of 100Reported as group

Quality

64.8

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

68.65

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://epic-fhir.mercy.net/PRDFHIRAOK2/TAO/api/FHIR/R4/

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Tahoe Forest Hospital District

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Truckee, CA
  • NPI 1538265780
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Regents of the Univ of Ca

  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine Physician
  • Sacramento, CA
  • NPI 1013906973
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Tahoe Forest Hospital District

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Incline Village, NV
  • NPI 1801957667
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Tahoe Forest Hospital District

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Truckee, CA
  • NPI 1750412300
  Medicare reassignment NPD (past)
• Regents of the Univ of Ca

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Sacramento, CA
  • NPI 1477546406
  NPD
• Tahoe Forest Hospital District

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Truckee, CA
  • NPI 1063068930
  NPD
• Tahoe Forest Hospital District

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Truckee, CA
  • NPI 1760038772
  NPD
• Regents of the Univ of Ca

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Sacramento, CA
  • NPI 1437142692
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Tahoe Forest Hospital District

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Truckee, CA
  • NPI 1538265780
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1751846400000",
    "number": "1740740919",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "10121 PINE AVE",
            "city": "TRUCKEE",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "961614835",
            "telephone_number": "530-587-6011"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "10121 PINE AVE",
            "city": "TRUCKEE",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "961614835",
            "telephone_number": "530-587-6011"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "VARGAS",
        "first_name": "NICHOLAS",
        "middle_name": "RAMON",
        "name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2019-03-22",
        "last_updated": "2025-07-07",
        "certification_date": "2025-07-07",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "2085B0100X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Radiology, Body Imaging",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "A182520",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

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• Body Imaging Physician in Truckee, CA
• Providers in Truckee, CA by specialty
• Body Imaging Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 7, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.