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

NICOLE M TAPIA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1427370261
CMS profile
774195
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$26,906.32

  • Reported across 171 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$5,249.80

30 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
Education $4,150.00 2
Food and Beverage $1,084.42 27
Travel and Lodging $15.38 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $24.16 1
PY2019 $94.77 1
PY2021 $8,938.71 42
PY2022 $2,547.09 56
PY2023 $10,051.79 41
PY2024 $5,249.80 30

Payment records · PY2024 (30)

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

Program year 2024 20182019202120222023 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
ABBVIE INC. $28.11 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106201637 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $22.81 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106201639 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.73 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106201641 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.56 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106201643 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $21.08 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152412830 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $24.88 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152412832 CMS
Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. $29.74 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123428588 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.64 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1094014271 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $144.37 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120667126 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $52.08 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120667128 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $36.76 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120667130 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.38 09/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092619708 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $34.75 09/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092619710 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $43.06 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092619712 CMS
CONMED Corporation $15.94 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142401728 CMS
Eisai Inc. $22.41 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110770223 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $150.00 05/15/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137144073 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $4,000.00 05/15/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137198406 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $157.99 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137124615 CMS
Kerecis Limited $40.17 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120102619 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $31.99 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145144115 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $33.22 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145144119 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.62 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141959398 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $30.14 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141720454 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.41 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141876592 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $23.93 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141720456 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $17.54 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141720458 CMS
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $135.19 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140270556 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $16.44 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149585257 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $15.86 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137686082 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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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