Razvan Nicolescu, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fargo, NDNPI 1013282425
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.5%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 27.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,195 and has fallen 88.4% since, to $369 in 2025.
Across 74 payments — averaging $105.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$1K
- RSW Medical Company, Inc.$558
- Trimed, Inc.$199
- plus $607 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,54733%
- Food & beverage$4,40757%
- Education$84311%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 29 | $2,156 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 12 | $1,705 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 14 | $1,348 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 5 | $1,225 |
| RSW Medical Company, Inc. | 3 | $558 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $199 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $174 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $154 |
| Axogen | 1 | $91 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $77 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $61 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 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.
- TFN ADVANCED$1,410
- HemiCAP Wrist$870
- ORTHOPEDIC CABLE / PERIPROSTHETIC SYSTEM$607
- DHS$607
- PERFORM GLENOID$499
- ACTIS$485
- VA-LCP$333
- HemiCAP MTP Resurfacing$181
- XIAFLEX$162
- NA$150
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$149
- GAMMA$137
- VARIAX$137
- BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS$125
- MAKO$121
- JOINTPOINT$120
- TFN-Advance$105
- HAMMERLOCK$105
- Ascend Flex$105
How this compares
$7,798 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 61 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Dakota.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Fargo
- Erik SletteFargo$39K
- Nicholas O'NeillFargo$36K
- Jason KellyFargo$9K
- Parth VyasFargo$9K
- Brandon FisherFargo$8K
- Anthony BrownFargo$7K
- Kevin DahlFargo$7K
- Michael WhiteFargo$6K
- John HaggartFargo$6K
- Gary MatthysFargo$5K
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.