Nikola Babovic, MD
Hand Surgery · Reno, NVNPI 1073943239
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (54.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 48.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,035 and has fallen 94.3% since, to $230 in 2025.
Across 69 payments — averaging $96.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Sequoia Surgical, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$356
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$249
- Goode Surgical Inc$139
- Axogen$133
- plus $629 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,30420%
- Food & beverage$1,76426%
- Education$3,60054%
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 | 8 | $3,239 |
| Sequoia Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $1,923 |
| Stryker | 6 | $356 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 24 | $249 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 2 | $139 |
| Axogen | 1 | $133 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $132 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $74 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $64 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $45 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $44 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 1 | $39 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $24 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- MAKO$218
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$133
How this compares
$6,668 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 24 hand surgery providers in Nevada.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 180 | $391 |
| Prednisone | 25 | $41 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $11 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Reno
- Michael LilyquistReno$46K
- Thomas ChristensenReno$7K
- James ChristensenReno$2K
- Kirk KaiserReno$2K
- Alan MicevLas Vegas$53K
- Kevin GolshaniHenderson$32K
- Edward BirdsongCarson City$28K
- Andrew WatkinsNellis Afb$19K
- James VaheyLas Vegas$8K
- Jonathan SorelleLas Vegas$7K
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.