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

NICHOLAS ALEXANDER PAPPAS

Dental Providers Dentist Endodontics

NPI
1528590155
CMS profile
11526538
Location
THE WOODLANDS, TX

General Payments · PY2023–2024

$8,893.98

  • Reported across 26 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$6,343.98

15 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
Entertainment $3,250.00 10
Honoraria $2,000.00 1
Consulting Fee $1,023.12 1
Food and Beverage $70.86 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
NuSmile, Ltd. $6,323.89 14
Sonendo Inc $20.09 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $2,550.00 11
PY2024 $6,343.98 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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

Program year 2024 2023 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
NuSmile, Ltd. $250.00 01/22/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124770655 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $33.90 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095768762 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $250.00 03/05/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125199555 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $250.00 04/09/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126534210 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $2,000.00 04/17/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117467444 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $1,023.12 06/28/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108494209 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $250.00 07/05/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126534179 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $1,000.00 07/25/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133338299 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $250.00 08/06/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133479276 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $16.87 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095768764 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $250.00 09/03/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126544882 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $250.00 10/01/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126607700 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $250.00 11/05/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126610160 CMS
NuSmile, Ltd. $250.00 12/03/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126615315 CMS
Sonendo Inc $20.09 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1071101795 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
2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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