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NICKOLAS T LINKOUS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1285015834
CMS profile
1322263
Location
APPLETON, WI

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General Payments · PY2021 · Entire year

$13,721.69

54 records · 0 disputed

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  • CMS publication 2026-06-30
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By nature of payment

PY2021 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Education $10,699.99 9
Travel and Lodging $1,674.87 12
Food and Beverage $1,346.83 33

By paying entity

PY2021 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Arthrex, Inc. $4,588.03 23
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $3,385.94 4
Great Lakes Orthopedics $2,409.29 3
Stryker Corporation $1,781.68 14
Medwest Associates $1,221.84 2
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $234.92 7
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $99.99 1

Payment records · PY2021

Ordering applied by this site (date, newest first, then paying entity) · record values are shown as CMS published them

General Payments · PY2021 · Physicians and non-physician practitioners · CMS publication 2026-06-30

54 matching records · $13,721.69 reported total · 0 disputed

Nature of payment: All payment types

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Showing records 1–50 of 54.

Paying entityAmountDate Nature of paymentDispute statusPublication flagsPublished Record IDSource
Great Lakes Orthopedics $9.2912/08/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026821901787 CMS
Great Lakes Orthopedics $1,200.0012/08/2021 Education No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026821901791 CMS
Stryker Corporation $141.0410/20/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578490 CMS
Stryker Corporation $140.0009/22/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578483 CMS
Stryker Corporation $148.0009/20/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026860919351 CMS
Stryker Corporation $172.2209/17/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026860919349 CMS
Great Lakes Orthopedics $1,200.0009/10/2021 Education No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026821901783 CMS
Stryker Corporation $21.6709/08/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578469 CMS
Stryker Corporation $11.8509/08/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578477 CMS
Stryker Corporation $173.2909/07/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578449 CMS
Stryker Corporation $60.1609/07/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578457 CMS
Stryker Corporation $189.0009/07/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578463 CMS
Stryker Corporation $399.2508/23/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578443 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $53.5206/27/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: CHANGED
06/30/2026843246697 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $62.7206/26/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: CHANGED
06/30/2026843204541 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $19.7006/26/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: CHANGED
06/30/2026843204859 CMS
Stryker Corporation $20.8706/26/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578427 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $32.0006/10/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026833849313 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $38.0006/10/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026833849317 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $16.0006/10/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026833849321 CMS
Stryker Corporation $174.2306/04/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578421 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $10.2606/04/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026833848949 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $7.4906/04/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026833848953 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $12.6206/04/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026833848957 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.0005/15/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597847 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $7.0005/15/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597851 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $16.0005/15/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597855 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $1,200.0005/15/2021 Education No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597859 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.0005/14/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597821 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.0005/14/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597825 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.0005/14/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597829 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $16.0005/14/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597833 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $16.0005/14/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597837 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $1,200.0005/14/2021 Education No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597839 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $147.8405/14/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597843 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.0005/13/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597781 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.0005/13/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597785 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.0005/13/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597789 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $16.0005/13/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597793 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $16.0005/13/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597797 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $45.0005/13/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597801 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $75.0005/13/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597805 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $1,200.0005/13/2021 Education No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597809 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $147.8405/13/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597813 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $150.0005/13/2021 Education No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597817 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $147.8405/12/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597777 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $152.5104/20/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837597773 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $118.5503/23/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026833848869 CMS
Stryker Corporation $63.6803/05/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578409 CMS
Stryker Corporation $66.4203/05/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026806578415 CMS

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $3,865.65 29
PY2020 $4,251.12 5
PY2021 $13,721.69 54
PY2022 $8,040.16 19
PY2023 $1,337.65 10
PY2024 $197.64 2
PY2025 $2,352.45 8

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files and profile matching
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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Cite this record.

Plain
NICKOLAS T LINKOUS, NPI 1285015834. IndustryPayments, data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1285015834.
APA 7
IndustryPayments. (2026). NICKOLAS T LINKOUS, NPI 1285015834 (Data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z) [Data set]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1285015834
Bluebook
NICKOLAS T LINKOUS, NPI 1285015834, IndustryPayments (data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z), https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1285015834.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Open Payments.