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LUCAS E NIKKEL
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LUCAS E NIKKEL

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
55 UNIVERSITY MNR E, HERSHEY, PA, 17033-2806
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LUCAS NIKKEL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

40

payments

$10,536

payment total

6

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Education
 3 $7,546
Food and Beverage
 30 $1,736
Travel and Lodging
 7 $1,254

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $8,333
REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM

device

 $992
ANTHOLOGY

device

 $540
BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING

device

 $540
POLARSTEM

device

 $540
VERILAST HIPS

device

 $540
OXFORD

device

 $478
PERSONA

device

 $254
AQUAMANTYS

device

 $123
ATTUNE

device

 $106
REUNION

device

 $100
TRABECULAR METAL MODULAR CUPS

device

 $96
MAKO

device

 $24
ARCOS REVISION

device

 $22
GMRS

device

 $9
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Jan 30, 2018 $7,500 No Listed Product Education SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. Duke Orthopaedic Adult Reconstruction Fellowship P
Jan 12, 2018 $238 REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $227 OXFORD Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $220 PERSONA Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 13, 2018 $213 REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $207 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $182 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Jul 22, 2018 $162 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $135 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $135 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $131 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $123 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $114 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $106 ATTUNE Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 21, 2018 $100 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 17, 2018 $96 TRABECULAR METAL MODULAR CUPS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 13, 2018 $83 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $65 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
May 10, 2018 $65 OXFORD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 10, 2018 $48 OXFORD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $45 OXFORD Education ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 10, 2018 $35 OXFORD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $34 PERSONA Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 10, 2018 $25 OXFORD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 23, 2018 $24 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $24 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 3, 2018 $22 ARCOS REVISION Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $22 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
May 10, 2018 $19 OXFORD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 23, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
May 22, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Jul 23, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Jul 23, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
May 21, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $13 OXFORD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 22, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Jul 21, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $9 GMRS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 9, 2018 $9 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $1 OXFORD Education ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.