Tyler Nickle, DO
Pain Medicine · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1972097418
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,208 of the $3,505 with a category attached, or 63.0%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 55.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,763 and has fallen 86.0% since, to $248 in 2025.
Across 87 payments — averaging $40.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$125
- AbbVie$85
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$82
- Pfizer$64
- plus $152 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,29837%
- Food & beverage$2,20863%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 50 | $1,950 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $1,047 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $125 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $85 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $64 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $42 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $33 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $19 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
How this compares
$3,505 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 96 pain medicine providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 49 | $3,193 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 51 | $2,940 |
| Lidocaine | 27 | $2,058 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 85 | $1,692 |
| Gabapentin | 93 | $1,087 |
| Pregabalin | 55 | $892 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 18 | $335 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 30 | $329 |
| Baclofen | 11 | $158 |
| Nabumetone | 14 | $131 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 15 | $126 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 26 | $117 |
| Naproxen | 15 | $113 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Colorado Springs
- Mark MeyerColorado Springs$14K
- Jennifer WindsorColorado Springs$9K
- Zachary WinklerColorado Springs$9K
- Vladislav SuntsovColorado Springs$9K
- Joshua RockColorado Springs$9K
- Anthony NguyenColorado Springs$7K
- Christopher MalinkyColorado Springs$5K
- Morgan DahmsColorado Springs$5K
- William LippertColorado Springs$3K
- Timothy SandellColorado Springs$3K
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.