Nicole Lopez, MD
Hand Surgery · Belleville, NJNPI 1982999140
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (38.0%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 28.6% of the total.
Across 96 payments — averaging $101.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Seapearl East, Inc$984
- Johnson & Johnson$924
- Synthes GmbH$500
- Stryker$464
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5345%
- Travel & lodging$3,09632%
- Food & beverage$3,69138%
- Education$2,40025%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 9 | $2,783 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $2,330 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 8 | $984 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $924 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $500 |
| Stryker | 9 | $464 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $309 |
| Axogen | 9 | $308 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $156 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 4 | $155 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $148 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $87 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Synergy Orthopedics, LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $28 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 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.
- NA$2,961
- VA-LCP$542
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$144
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$144
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$144
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$144
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$144
- DYNACORD$143
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$143
- TRUESPAN ORTHOCORD$143
- RECLAIM$143
- ATTUNE$143
- VARIAX$142
- AXSOS$125
- Dynasplint$123
- Comprehensive Primary Stem$112
- TAPESTRY$105
- XIAFLEX$102
How this compares
$9,720 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 87 hand surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $45 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Belleville
- Charles LeinberryEgg Harbor Twp$3.1M
- John CapoJersey City$1.1M
- Virak TanNewark$711K
- Gary PessEatontown$212K
- Mark RekantCherry Hill$209K
- Teddy AtikEatontown$37K
- Bishoy SaadJersey City$33K
- Genghis NiverFlorham Park$27K
- Michael VosbikianNewark$26K
- Linda ChaoCape May Court House$19K
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.