Luke Nordquist, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Omaha, NENPI 1538149414
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $182,183 of the $201,906 with a category attached, or 90.2%. Novartis accounts for 67.0% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $135,169, more than ten times the $1,424 reported in 2019. Among hematology & oncology clinicians in NE 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 216 payments — averaging $934.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$135K
- Advanced Accelerator Applications$48K
- Bayer$12K
- Medivation LLC.$2K
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
- Pfizer$1K
- plus $2K from 17 others
Across 3,149 payments — averaging $9234.30 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Pfizer$7.7M
- Medivation LLC.$5.7M
- Novartis$4M
- Bayer$2.9M
- AstraZeneca$2.1M
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1.9M
- plus $4.7M from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,6847%
- Speaking & faculty fees$182,18390%
- Travel & lodging$1,3091%
- Food & beverage$3,5132%
- Education$2180%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 18 | $135,209 |
| Advanced Accelerator Applications | 5 | $47,500 |
| Bayer | 23 | $12,315 |
| Medivation LLC. | 11 | $2,100 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $1,350 |
| Pfizer(2 entities) | 26 | $1,065 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $395 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 23 | $388 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 23 | $294 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 27 | $283 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $167 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 2 | $158 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 2 | $128 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 20 | $127 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Merck | 4 | $56 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $46 |
| AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Clovis Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $13 |
| Gilead | 1 | $12 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$201,906 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 73 hematology & oncology providers in Nebraska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 540 | $7,330,898 |
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 167 | $2,200,926 |
| ErleadaApalutamide | 83 | $1,165,591 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 249 | $180,613 |
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 68 | $172,662 |
| Bicalutamide | 90 | $1,999 |
| Prednisone | 199 | $843 |
| Dexamethasone | 18 | $615 |
| Megestrol Acetate | 18 | $607 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 33 | $282 |
| Letrozole | 16 | $195 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi | $388 | $7,330,898540 claims |
| BayerNubeqa | $12,315 | $2,200,926167 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonErleada | $395 | $1,165,59183 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Orgovyx | $294 | $172,66268 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 73 hematology & oncology providers in Nebraska.
Other hematology & oncology in Omaha
- Mojtaba AkhtariOmaha$1.8M
- Apar Kishor GantiOmaha$138K
- Julie VoseOmaha$123K
- Peter SilbersteinOmaha$99K
- Krishna GundaboluOmaha$76K
- Vijaya BhattOmaha$58K
- Samer RennoOmaha$41K
- Timothy DoriusOmaha$24K
- Stefano TarantoloOmaha$13K
- Marcel DevettenOmaha$11K
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.