Physician profile
Luke Thomas Nicholson
NPI 1558771576
$116,897.82
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
16 companies · $69K in 2025
The $69K reported for 2025 was more than what 98% of Hand Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $270).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $559 · 2020: $948 · 2021: $153 · 2022: $14K · 2023: $4,438 · 2024: $28K · 2025: $69K.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Education: $32K · Consulting Fee: $31K · Travel and Lodging: $23K · Compensation For Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker For A Medical Education Program: $12K · Food and Beverage: $3,669.
View as a table
| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Education | $32,400.00 |
| Consulting Fee | $30,900.00 |
| Travel and Lodging | $22,634.63 |
| Compensation For Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker For A Medical Education Program | $11,500.00 |
| Food and Beverage | $3,669.11 |
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.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stryker Corporation | $43,583.55 | 2022-2025 | Variax, Axsos, T2 |
| Skeletal Dynamics INC | $34,971.53 | 2023-2025 | Implate, Align, Geminus |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | $12,743.04 | 2021-2022 | |
| Trimed, INC. | $11,867.25 | 2019-2025 | |
| Medartis INC. | $9,693.44 | 2019-2025 | Aptus |
| Acumed LLC | $1,362.13 | 2019-2025 | Acumed, Innate Implant, Nanophix Implant |
| Saxum Surgical, INC. | $1,200.00 | 2022 | |
| Micromed INC | $948.15 | 2020 | |
| Axogen | $253.55 | 2019-2024 | Axoguard Ha+ Nerve Protector, Axoguard Nerve Cap, Axoguard Nerve Protector |
| Checkpoint Surgical, INC | $109.15 | 2019 | |
| Baxter Healthcare | $49.12 | 2024 | Perclot |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals INC. | $34.47 | 2019 | |
| Bioventus LLC | $25.55 | 2022 | |
| Depuy Synthes Sales INC. | $23.77 | 2022 | |
| Ensemble Orthopedics, INC | $17.69 | 2024 | Ensemble Cmc |
Show all 16 companies
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Support INC. | $15.43 | 2024 | Cerament G, Ceramentbone Void Filler |
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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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.