Nicholas Vogelsang
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1184939035
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (33.9%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by DNE LLC at 28.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,158 and has fallen 92.5% since, to $536 in 2025.
Across 146 payments — averaging $121.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- DNE LLC$5K
- Triad Life Sciences Inc.$5K
- Misonix Inc$2K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$978
- Stryker$895
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,00034%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,00028%
- Travel & lodging$1651%
- Food & beverage$5,86433%
- Education$6464%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DNE LLC | 1 | $5,000 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $4,500 |
| Misonix Inc | 18 | $1,888 |
| Smith+Nephew | 24 | $1,049 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 26 | $978 |
| Stryker | 11 | $895 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $594 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 5 | $399 |
| Epsfl, LLC | 1 | $275 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $250 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 8 | $204 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $189 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $160 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 4 | $115 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $112 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $107 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 2 | $72 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $70 |
| Osteomed LLC | 2 | $53 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $45 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $44 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $37 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $13 |
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.
- InnovaMatrix AC$22,500
- MTP Plate$594
- Stravix$478
- GRAFIX PL$241
- Grafix$224
- HOFFMANN$168
- Lapiplasty System$159
- Magellan$153
- EASYFUSE$148
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$145
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$140
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$140
- AMNIOEXCEL$140
- IDRT$140
- FLOWABLE$140
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$136
- TOTAL FOOT SYSTEM$136
- CADENCE ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$136
- TMC NANOPLASTY SYSTEM$134
- T2$131
How this compares
$17,675 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 141 foot & ankle 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 22 | $455 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 12 | $140 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $82 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Louisville
- Carl KihmLouisville$89K
- Nicholas LacoLouisville$60K
- Jay LechnerLouisville$29K
- William McGloneLouisville$26K
- Timothy FordLouisville$26K
- Garrett WiremanLouisville$26K
- Jonathan TowarnickiLouisville$22K
- Zachary OgdenLouisville$22K
- Eric GustafsonLouisville$20K
- Jordan VogtLouisville$12K
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.