Lee Nicols, MD
Surgery · Jackson, MSNPI 1750583415
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (57.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 67.9% of it on its own, with 32 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $10,349 and has fallen 94.4% since, to $580 in 2025.
Across 185 payments — averaging $81.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$10K
- Medtronic$956
- Organogenesis Inc.$823
- Smith+Nephew$593
- Hydrofera LLC$533
- AbbVie$240
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9216%
- Food & beverage$5,52037%
- Education$8,59357%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 29 | $10,203 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 23 | $956 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 20 | $823 |
| Smith+Nephew | 36 | $593 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 12 | $533 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $240 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $240 |
| Covidien LP | 8 | $217 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $206 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $193 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $126 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $88 |
| BD | 1 | $65 |
| Merck | 4 | $56 |
| Vertex | 3 | $55 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $53 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $46 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $20 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Bolder Surgical LLC | 1 | $5 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$8,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$852
- HYDROFERA BLUE$235
- Signia$131
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$127
- INTERSTIM$125
- Apligraf$122
- GRAFIX PL$117
- Santyl$115
- REGRANEX$115
- Oasis$115
- Valleylab$106
- V.A.C. VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$106
- PuraPly$105
- Allevyn Life$104
- Leaf$104
- PICO 7 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy$104
- Phasix Mesh$102
How this compares
$15,034 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 223 surgery providers in Mississippi.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 18 | $1,990 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 110 | $708 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 38 | $370 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 29 | $220 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 22 | $216 |
| Sodium Chloride0.9 % Sodium Chloride | 13 | $82 |
| Levofloxacin | 13 | $77 |
| Metronidazole | 27 | $63 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Jackson
- Laura VickJackson$77K
- Juvonda HodgeJackson$77K
- Jonathan CarrollJackson$33K
- Andrew MalletteJackson$29K
- Alison AcottJackson$26K
- Samuel YelvertonJackson$25K
- Kenneth ClevelandJackson$20K
- David CarrollJackson$18K
- Gina HeathJackson$16K
- Jenetta ThompsonJackson$16K
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.