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Nikhil A Thakur
NPI 1871710756
$117,622.07
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
15 companies · $7,904 in 2025
The $7,904 reported for 2025 was more than what a typical Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $2,116).
See the full distribution for Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $23K · 2020: $25K · 2021: $6,623 · 2022: $25K · 2023: $8,724 · 2024: $21K · 2025: $7,904.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Royalty Or License: $17K · Consulting Fee: $13K · Travel and Lodging: $6,451 · Food and Beverage: $521.
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| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Royalty Or License | $17,235.50 |
| Consulting Fee | $13,176.00 |
| Travel and Lodging | $6,451.28 |
| Food and Beverage | $521.03 |
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 | $79,065.99 | 2019-2024 | Mako, Everest Spinal System, Mesa Spinal System |
| Expanding Innovations, INC. | $22,335.50 | 2021-2025 | X-Pac |
| Depuy Synthes Products, INC. | $5,166.09 | 2020-2022 | |
| Medical Device Business Services, INC. | $4,626.00 | 2022 | |
| 4web, INC. | $2,425.48 | 2020-2023 | Spine Truss System |
| Life Spine, INC. | $1,287.92 | 2019-2023 | Cervical Plage, Pro-Link Stand-Alone Cervical Spacer System, Arx |
| Abbott Laboratories | $756.43 | 2019-2022 | |
| Spinal Elements, INC. | $659.74 | 2021 | |
| Ulrich Medical USA, INC. | $381.71 | 2019-2021 | |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $355.21 | 2019-2020 | |
| Depuy Synthes Sales INC. | $311.60 | 2020-2022 | |
| Painteq LLC | $98.30 | 2021-2024 | Painteq |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. | $70.91 | 2019 | |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, INC. | $45.30 | 2020 | |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $35.89 | 2022 |
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.
Research and ownership
$73,619.30 in ownership or investment interests, as reported to CMS. These are holdings a clinician or an immediate family member has in a company, not payments received.
If you want to bring it up
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- "I saw Nikhil Thakur listed in the CMS Open Payments database. Can you tell me about your work with those companies?"
- "Is there a generic or alternative to this medication, and would it work as well for me?"
- "What made you choose this particular treatment for my situation?"
These are normal questions. A good clinician will welcome them.
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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.