Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

CHRISTOPHER S NICHOLSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Cardiology

NPI
1093888745
CMS profile
4780
Location
RICHMOND, VA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,493.34

  • Reported across 232 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$619.89

31 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $619.89 31

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $795.08 46
PY2019 $986.32 62
PY2020 $417.71 19
PY2021 $234.06 6
PY2022 $701.57 30
PY2023 $738.71 38
PY2024 $619.89 31

Payment records · PY2024 (31)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABIOMED $20.91 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142216946 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.63 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111662581 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $21.09 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104572548 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $14.00 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120670553 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $15.88 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120670555 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $29.68 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092346032 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.38 03/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092346028 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.36 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092346026 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.73 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092346030 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.91 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101209142 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $16.74 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138847483 CMS
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. $20.41 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100405831 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $29.68 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148089010 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $22.82 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154855977 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $23.03 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154855999 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.71 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117062589 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.58 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141753260 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $17.82 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141753262 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.71 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087042334 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.68 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087042344 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.08 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087042346 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.16 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097314116 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.54 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097032683 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.58 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131067017 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.15 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131223913 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.40 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131454310 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.57 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131749780 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.57 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132071811 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $23.30 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132321183 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $20.07 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080582685 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $21.72 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080583139 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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