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CHRISTOPHER J NICHOLAS
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CHRISTOPHER J NICHOLAS

Listed Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology
199 PARK CLUB LN STE 300, WILLIAMSVILLE, NY, 14221-5269
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CHRISTOPHER NICHOLAS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

40

payments

$5,493

payment total

12

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
Travel and Lodging
 11 $3,730
Food and Beverage
 29 $1,763

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†
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $2,126
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $1,246
EMBOZENE

device

 $827
SIR-SPHERES MICROSPHERES

device

 $274
INDIGO

device

 $168
EKOSONIC

device

 $160
VISUAL-ICE

device

 $147
PENUMBRA SYSTEM

device

 $129
ACUSEAL VASCULAR GRAFT

device

 $127
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $104
VENASEAL

device

 $67
TIGRIS STENT

device

 $49
COOK MEDICAL LIVER ACCESS

device

 $20
RELIANCE XK

device

 $19
VACCESS

device

 $19
CLEARVUE

device

 $16
CONQUEST

device

 $16
LIFESTENT

device

 $12
† 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
Oct 22, 2018 $1,109 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Travel and Lodging CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $768 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $726 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Travel and Lodging CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $282 EMBOZENE Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 22, 2018 $260 EMBOZENE Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 7, 2018 $198 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Travel and Lodging CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $160 EMBOZENE Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 18, 2018 $147 VISUAL-ICE Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $143 SIR-SPHERES MICROSPHERES Food and Beverage SIRTEX MEDICAL INC
Jan 18, 2018 $142 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $129 PENUMBRA SYSTEM Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $127 ACUSEAL VASCULAR GRAFT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $119 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $113 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $104 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $91 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $85 EKOSONIC Food and Beverage EKOS CORPORATION
Jun 11, 2018 $75 SIR-SPHERES MICROSPHERES Food and Beverage SIRTEX MEDICAL INC
Jul 9, 2018 $75 EKOSONIC Food and Beverage EKOS CORPORATION
Jan 30, 2018 $67 VENASEAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $67 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $64 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $57 EMBOZENE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 9, 2018 $56 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $49 TIGRIS STENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $40 SIR-SPHERES MICROSPHERES Food and Beverage SIRTEX MEDICAL INC
Jun 9, 2018 $27 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $26 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $25 EMBOZENE Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 23, 2018 $24 EMBOZENE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $20 COOK MEDICAL LIVER ACCESS Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Jun 19, 2018 $19 RELIANCE XK VACCESS Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $19 EMBOZENE Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 9, 2018 $17 SIR-SPHERES MICROSPHERES Food and Beverage SIRTEX MEDICAL INC
May 25, 2018 $16 CONQUEST CLEARVUE Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $16 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $12 LIFESTENT Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $10 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jun 9, 2018 $8 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $1 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.