Joel Nelson

Primary specialty

SpecialistTaxonomy code 174400000X

License

MD069351L Issued in PA

Practice address

5200 Centre Ave
Suite 209
Pittsburgh, PA 15232-1300

Phone

(412) 605-3000

NPI assigned

Mar 8, 2006

Last updated

Sep 2, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in PA

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 1

Specialty

Urology

Education

Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 1988

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

University of Pittsburgh PhysiciansGroup PAC ID 8729990239, 4,166 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Upmc Altoona Hospital, Altoona, PA, CCN 390073
• Upmc Bedford Memorial Hospital, Everett, PA, CCN 390117
• Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, CCN 390164
• Grove City Medical Center Hospital, Grove City, PA, CCN 390266
• Heritage Valley Sewickley Hospital, Sewickley, PA, CCN 390037

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

80.94 of 100Reported as group

Quality

61.89

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

74.58

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

All facility ownership & control disclosures 1

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider’s PECOS associate ID as an owner or managing party.

Owned or controlled facilities with NPI records 2

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider as an owner, officer, director or managing party.

• Upmc Hamot

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Erie, PA
  • NPI 1487647590

  Corporate Director

  CMS ownership
• Upmc Hamot

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Erie, PA
  • NPI 1538207394

  Corporate Director

  CMS ownership

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

• University of Pittsburgh Physicians

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1619935004
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• University of Pittsburgh Physicians

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1285692699
  NPD
• University of Pittsburgh Physicians

  • Surgery Physician
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1306804729
  NPD
• Windber Hospital, Inc.

  dba Windber Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Windber, PA
  • NPI 1275620536
  NPD (past)

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

• Grove City Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Grove City, PA
  • NPI 1023000296
  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Altoona

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Altoona, PA
  • NPI 1114926953

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Altoona

  dba Women's Health and Wellness

  • Non-Surgical Family Planning Clinic/Center
  • Altoona, PA
  • NPI 1457303885

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Altoona

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Altoona, PA
  • NPI 1649278730
  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Altoona

  • Psychiatric Hospital Unit
  • Altoona, PA
  • NPI 1699773465
  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Bedford Memorial

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Everett, PA
  • NPI 1295724193
  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Bedford Memorial

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Everett, PA
  • NPI 1942345467

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1144384082

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside

  • Methadone Clinic
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1518089200

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside

  • Psychiatric Hospital Unit
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1750390134
  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1821007881
  Care Compare affiliation
• Valley Medical Facilities Inc

  dba Valley Medical Facilities Inc dba Heritage Valley Sewickley

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Sewickley, PA
  • NPI 1588770416
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Elena Nelson
• Haley Nelson
• Jacquelyn Kathleen Nelson, PA-C
• Jacquelyn M Nelson, CRNA
• Jessica Nelson, REGISTERED DIETITIAN
• John P Nelson, M.D.
• Karen Lee Nelson, CRNP
• Richard J. Nelson, D.D.S.
• Ryan Michael Nelson, MD
• Sarah Nelson, PHARMD

• Specialist in Pittsburgh, PA
• Providers in Pittsburgh, PA by specialty
• Specialist in Pennsylvania

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 2, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data; 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.

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