Nechol Allen, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1033229083
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (49.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 93.9% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $6,734 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $78 in 2025.
Across 83 payments — averaging $218.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$17K
- Baxter Healthcare$435
- Medtronic$207
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$138
- Stryker$85
- Conmed Corporation$85
- plus $162 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,25418%
- Food & beverage$5,82332%
- Education$9,01450%
- Gifts$780%
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 | 64 | $17,057 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $435 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $207 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $138 |
| Stryker | 1 | $85 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $85 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$15,195
- TISSEEL$229
- INTERSTIM$146
- ADEPT$111
How this compares
$18,169 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 28 colon & rectal surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LoperamideLoperamide Hcl | 12 | $717 |
| Hydrocortisone | 16 | $337 |
| Lidocaine | 12 | $182 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $94 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $76 |
| Metronidazole | 19 | $42 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $39 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 16 | $7 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Louisville
- Jeffrey JordenLouisville$13K
- Sandra KavalukasLouisville$7K
- Ryan JonesLouisville$7K
- Wayne TucksonLouisville$6K
- Michelle JulienLouisville$4K
- Russell FarmerLouisville$3K
- Clayton EllisLouisville$3K
- Scarlett HaoLouisville$2K
- Susan GalandiukLouisville$1K
- Amy WiseLouisville$496
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.