Nicholas Trasolini, MD
Sports Medicine · Chicago, ILNPI 1417330242
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (45.6%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 35.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $33,093 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $1,492 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 109 payments — averaging $611.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$24K
- Arthrex$23K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$5K
- Southtech Orthopedics$4K
- Stryker$3K
- Encore Medical, LP$3K
- plus $4K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5002%
- Grants$25,20038%
- Travel & lodging$3,9586%
- Food & beverage$5,6328%
- Education$30,36846%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $23,780 |
| Arthrex | 15 | $23,437 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $5,200 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 3 | $3,600 |
| Stryker | 27 | $3,480 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 30 | $3,304 |
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 15 | $1,905 |
| Medwest Associates | 4 | $1,397 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $261 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $145 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $111 |
| Moximed, Inc | 1 | $37 |
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.
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$1,965
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$1,775
- INSPACE$596
- NA$581
- DJO SURGICAL$439
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$418
- SALVATION$411
- NANOTACK FLEX$296
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$256
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$159
- ICONIX$153
- Comprehensive Instruments$146
- LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$145
- ALLOGRAFT TISSUE$145
- MAKO$143
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$142
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$141
- Regeneten$131
- OSTEORAPTOR Hip$131
- Q-FIX Hip$131
How this compares
$66,658 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 233 sports medicine providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $131 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Chicago
- Gregory NicholsonChicago$6.7M
- Grant GarriguesChicago$2.5M
- Brian ColeChicago$2.1M
- Brian ForsytheChicago$1.9M
- Nikhil VermaChicago$647K
- Shane NhoChicago$521K
- Vehniah TjongChicago$173K
- Aravind AthivirahamChicago$138K
- Adam YankeChicago$132K
- Nicholas LemmeChicago$49K
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.