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

NILPESH M PATEL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1851577308
CMS profile
39393
Location
ROCKWALL, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,096.59

  • Reported across 145 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,443.53

21 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 $960.26 20
Travel and Lodging $483.27 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $1,268.97 14
Pylant Medical $66.20 2
Amgen Inc. $40.06 2
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $27.21 1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $26.20 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $14.89 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $863.74 23
PY2019 $914.31 15
PY2020 $1,004.22 16
PY2021 $1,040.79 25
PY2022 $1,203.06 30
PY2023 $626.94 15
PY2024 $1,443.53 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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
Amgen Inc. $18.28 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115998608 CMS
Amgen Inc. $21.78 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115998614 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $14.89 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077896736 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $27.21 12/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148093833 CMS
Pylant Medical $39.92 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126527210 CMS
Pylant Medical $26.28 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126527208 CMS
Stryker Corporation $119.05 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941454 CMS
Stryker Corporation $30.98 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941456 CMS
Stryker Corporation $41.14 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941458 CMS
Stryker Corporation $22.87 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941460 CMS
Stryker Corporation $483.27 05/30/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941462 CMS
Stryker Corporation $33.15 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941464 CMS
Stryker Corporation $44.08 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941466 CMS
Stryker Corporation $105.29 07/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941468 CMS
Stryker Corporation $107.38 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941470 CMS
Stryker Corporation $19.78 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941472 CMS
Stryker Corporation $90.89 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941474 CMS
Stryker Corporation $58.02 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941476 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.70 11/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941478 CMS
Stryker Corporation $80.37 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119941480 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $26.20 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105907281 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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