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

NIKHIL A THAKUR

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

NPI
1871710756
CMS profile
130749
Location
NORTH ANDOVER, MA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$166,069.47

  • Reported across 449 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$20,755.50

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
Consulting Fee $7,500.00 4
Royalty or License $7,414.00 3
Travel and Lodging $5,787.23 5
Food and Beverage $54.27 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $13,287.23 9
Exapnding Innovations, Inc. $7,414.00 3
PAINTEQ LLC $54.27 3

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $56,351.40 68
PY2019 $23,483.98 90
PY2020 $24,868.61 79
PY2021 $6,623.23 82
PY2022 $25,262.44 81
PY2023 $8,724.31 34
PY2024 $20,755.50 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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
Expanding Innovations, Inc. $2,856.00 04/22/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148207569 CMS
Expanding Innovations, Inc. $1,997.00 09/03/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148207567 CMS
Expanding Innovations, Inc. $2,561.00 11/05/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148207565 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $14.93 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142004648 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $14.84 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142004652 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $24.50 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142004656 CMS
Stryker Corporation $251.09 04/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119997264 CMS
Stryker Corporation $149.18 04/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119997266 CMS
Stryker Corporation $5,083.10 04/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119997268 CMS
Stryker Corporation $164.26 04/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119997270 CMS
Stryker Corporation $139.60 04/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119997272 CMS
Stryker Corporation $6,000.00 05/10/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119997274 CMS
Stryker Corporation $500.00 10/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119997276 CMS
Stryker Corporation $500.00 10/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119997278 CMS
Stryker Corporation $500.00 10/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119997280 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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