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Dr. Nicholas W. Auble

Hospitalist (Hospitalist Physician)

101 W 8th Ave
Spokane, WA 99204

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Spokane County includes primary care (67% of residents) and dental (43% of residents) and mental health (29% of residents) shortage areas. About shortage areas

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  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
11
In the NPI registry since
2015
Medicare patients seen, 2024
202

Licensed in Washington since 2018, according to the Washington State Department of Health. We show license dates only for the states that publish them in bulk; see which states do. For other states, check the state medical board.

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

  • 2015Registered 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

  • Hospitalist Physician primary
    WA license OP60852913 (first issued 2018; active)
  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
    WA license OP60852913 (first issued 2018; active)

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

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Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

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
202
Services billed
219
Patients’ average age
77
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes116114
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes8888
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes2020
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes1313

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.

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Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated November 12, 2024), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1366838435. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.