Frederick Nichols, DO
Surgery · Warren, MINPI 1245354141
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $26,100 of the $39,004 with a category attached, or 66.9%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Osiris Therapeutics Inc. at 49.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $25,643 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $60 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in MI 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 62 payments — averaging $629.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$19K
- Smith+Nephew$15K
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Organogenesis Inc.$172
- KCI USA, Inc.$82
- plus $77 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,00013%
- Speaking & faculty fees$26,10067%
- Travel & lodging$3,78310%
- Food & beverage$1,1213%
- Education$3,0008%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 21 | $19,261 |
| Smith+Nephew | 19 | $15,009 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $3,000 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 12 | $1,403 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 6 | $172 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $60 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Stravix$33,119
- Grafix$28,330
- GrafixPL$21,562
- Grafix PL PRIME$6,657
- Grafix XC$5,689
- GRAFIX PL$5,400
- Grafix PRIME$5,289
- Grafix CORE$5,289
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,000
- RibFix Blu$1,100
- PuraPly AM$119
How this compares
$39,004 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,081 surgery providers in Michigan.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other surgery in Warren
- Martin QuirogaWarren$71K
- Robert BartlettAnn Arbor$859K
- Matthew FourmanMonroe$492K
- Bruce McIntoshRochester Hills$435K
- Jon SchramZeeland$261K
- Eric DaviesBrighton$258K
- Robert LyonsYpsilanti$196K
- Joel StrehlTraverse City$170K
- John LimClinton Township$141K
- Bellal JosephDetroit$114K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.