Lea Nickolas
Primary Care · Avondale, AZNPI 1306471644
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.1% of the total across 279 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 39.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,325 and has fallen 83.1% since, to $392 in 2025. Among primary care clinicians in AZ 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 279 payments — averaging $25.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$3K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$552
- Merck$403
- AbbVie$307
- Janssen Products, LP$178
- plus $486 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,98199%
- Education$651%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 95 | $2,813 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 103 | $2,307 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 25 | $552 |
| Merck | 13 | $403 |
| AbbVie | 18 | $307 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 2 | $178 |
| Organon | 2 | $87 |
| Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc | 4 | $71 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $47 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $46 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $42 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $15 |
| Oxford Immunotec USA Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$7,046 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 151 primary care providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 16 | $64,037 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 20 | $9,716 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 35 | $811 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 15 | $499 |
| Omeprazole | 16 | $320 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 40 | $287 |
| Lisinopril | 48 | $269 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $266 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 35 | $194 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 14 | $181 |
| Metformin Hcl | 44 | $176 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 18 | $127 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 19 | $105 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 15 | $94 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $93 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GileadBiktarvy | $2,813 | $64,03716 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $46 | $9,71620 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 151 primary care providers in Arizona.
Other primary care in Avondale
- Lisa ShafferAvondale$2K
- Trey PowrzanasPhoenix$16K
- Christine Rocks-LopezPhoenix$14K
- Elena KlimovaPhoenix$8K
- Albert VillafaniaPhoenix$8K
- Daniela HaimovPhoenix$8K
- Neena VargheseSacaton$6K
- Katy DodtQueen Creek$5K
- Mercy GeorgeQueen Creek$5K
- Charity CorreaPhoenix$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.