Christopher Nichols
Plastic Surgery · Tacoma, WANPI 1659477610
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $73,020 of the $79,538 with a category attached, or 91.8%. Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. accounts for 91.0% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $29,157 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $1,427 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in WA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 94 payments — averaging $846.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$72K
- Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.$5K
- Stryker$745
- Sientra, Inc.$419
- AbbVie$176
- BD$130
- plus $493 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$73,02092%
- Travel & lodging$3,1504%
- Food & beverage$3,0714%
- Gifts$1910%
- Entertainment$1060%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 47 | $72,400 |
| Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. | 3 | $5,174 |
| Stryker | 6 | $745 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 12 | $419 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $176 |
| BD | 1 | $130 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 4 | $95 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $95 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $78 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $36 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Tepha Inc | 1 | $18 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- SONOSITE PX ULTRASOUND SYSTEM$5,000
- CATALYST$419
- VEVO MD IMAGING SYSTEM$174
- TREVO$158
- GalaFLEX$130
How this compares
$79,538 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 63 plastic surgery providers in Washington.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 19 | $167 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $115 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Tacoma
- Roy SemlacherTacoma$2K
- Timothy BrowneTacoma$1K
- Mansour ShirbachehTacoma$1K
- Louis PotyondyTacoma$260
- Allen GabrielVancouver$873K
- Craig BirgfeldSeattle$118K
- Suzette MirandaSeattle$75K
- Keith PaigeSeattle$27K
- Meghan NadeauSeattle$20K
- George MinBellevue$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.