Physician profile

Gregory Nicholson

Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) · Chicago, IL

NPI 1477532141

$6,715,019.45

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

15 companies · $1.7M in 2025

The $1.7M reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $686).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Royalty Or License$4,240,369.76
Consulting Fee$103,000.00
Travel and Lodging$13,965.25
Food and Beverage$2,774.79
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$1,500.00

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Stryker Corporation $5,692,408.99 2020-2025 Aequalis Perform, Blueprint Patient Specific Instrumentation, Tornier Perform Reversed Glenoid
Wright Medical Technology, INC. $808,891.84 2019-2020
Anika Therapeutics, INC. $139,131.34 2021-2024 Ovomotion, Revomotion, Revomotion
Arthrosurface Incorporated $69,682.59 2019-2025 Ovomotion, Revomotion, Hemicapovo
Kci USA, INC. $2,178.66 2021
Azurmeds, INC. $1,905.40 2021-2022
Exactech, INC. $158.08 2022
Responsive Arthroscopy INC $151.51 2019
Smith+Nephew, INC. $148.99 2019
Encore Medical, LP $121.37 2019
Medacta USA, INC. $98.35 2021
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. $82.84 2019-2025
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $25.80 2025
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $21.31 2019
Heraeus Medical, LLC. $12.38 2023 Palacos

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Gregory Nicholson

$6,715,019.45

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Stryker Corporation
Context
The $1.7M reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $686).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.