Dr. Nikolay Bugaev, M.D.
General Surgery (Surgical Critical Care Physician)
- Medicare participating
At a glance
- Years since graduation
- 32
- In the NPI registry since
- 2009
- Medicare patients seen, 2024
- 255
The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is
Education and training
- 2009Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)
Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).
Specialties and state licenses
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Surgical Critical Care Physician primary
MA license 249451
As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.
Where they work
Hospitals
- South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA
- Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA
- Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA
- Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA
- Metrowest Medical Center Framingham, MA
Medical groups
- Pratt Surgical Associates Inc (44 clinicians)
Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.
Medicare patients and services
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 255
- Services billed
- 518
- Patients’ average age
- 75
| Service | Times | Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 116 | 37 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | 96 | 61 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | 34 | 17 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 28 | 27 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | 21 | 17 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | 19 | 19 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | 15 | 15 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.
Payments from drug and device companies
In 2025, 1 companies reported 1 payments worth $44.10 in total to this clinician.
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | $44.10 |
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| Food and Beverage | $44.10 |
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From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.
Industry-funded research
Named as a principal investigator on 2 industry-funded studies in 2025, from 2 companies. The companies reported $22,753 in research payments for these studies, mostly to the institutions running them.
- Evaluation of BE1116 in Patients With Traumatic Injury and Acute Major Bleeding to Improve Survival ( TAP Study )
Csl Behring · Terminated · NCT05568888 - Assessment of GORE® SYNECOR Biomaterial in Focused Patient Populations and Long-Term Application
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · Active, not recruiting · NCT05094089
From CMS Open Payments research payments, where companies name up to five principal investigators per payment. Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites, not to the investigator personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.