Physician profile

Luke Thomas Nicholson

Hand Surgery · Los Angeles, CA

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).

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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)
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.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop 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
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Bone Support INC. $15.43 2024 Cerament G, Ceramentbone Void Filler

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Luke Thomas Nicholson

$116,897.82

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Stryker Corporation
Context
The $69K reported for 2025 was more than what 98% of Hand Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $270).

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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.