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Covered recipient · General Payments record

NICHOLAS JOSEPH COSTA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

NPI
1629368931
CMS profile
1386932
Location
WINSTON SALEM, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$28,863.79

  • Reported across 489 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,491.49

52 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 $1,491.49 52

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $14,842.27 60
PY2019 $2,892.78 57
PY2020 $3,163.28 78
PY2021 $1,309.69 61
PY2022 $2,923.51 110
PY2023 $2,240.77 71
PY2024 $1,491.49 52

Payment records · PY2024 (52)

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
Abbott Laboratories $18.48 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125160592 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $13.72 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125160594 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $13.97 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125160596 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $16.82 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125160598 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $12.05 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125160610 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $15.27 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125160600 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $23.34 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125160602 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $14.14 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125160608 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.49 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125160604 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $21.11 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125160606 CMS
Amgen Inc. $21.88 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115531791 CMS
Amgen Inc. $23.10 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115531808 CMS
Amgen Inc. $22.71 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117532184 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $137.62 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132902472 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $44.94 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132840634 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $142.56 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077697851 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $123.72 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077697805 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $11.43 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077697693 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $20.22 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077697751 CMS
BIOTRONIK INC. $18.36 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145793518 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.23 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118086692 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $38.08 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092353277 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.08 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092353273 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $32.73 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092353275 CMS
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $30.53 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143853891 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $15.99 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101684135 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $18.57 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119408984 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.08 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119408986 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.40 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119408988 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $64.85 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119408990 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.24 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119408992 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.72 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119408994 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.14 12/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119408996 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $7.67 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649353 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $8.37 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649355 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $7.65 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649357 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $24.52 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649361 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.76 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649363 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.38 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649365 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $6.64 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649369 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.81 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649375 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $2.25 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649377 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $10.85 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649371 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $8.51 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649373 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.39 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086649381 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $17.44 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097179776 CMS
Philips North America LLC $74.56 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146911862 CMS
Philips North America LLC $74.56 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146911860 CMS
Vital Connect, Inc $24.01 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120137379 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $27.09 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080672580 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $20.00 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080672686 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $23.46 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080672876 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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