Dr. Nickolas Linkous, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery Appleton, WI Male
NPI: 1285015834
Total Payments
$36,442
2024 Payments
$197.64
Companies
17
Transactions
143
Medicare Patients
143
Medicare Billing
$12,009

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$25,166 (69.1%)
Travel$6,132 (16.8%)
Food & Beverage$5,144 (14.1%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $25,166 24 69.1%
Travel and Lodging $6,132 25 16.8%
Food and Beverage $5,144 94 14.1%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Arthrex, Inc. $7,922 39 $0 (2023)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $6,870 8 $0 (2024)
True North Surgical Inc $5,908 11 $0 (2023)
Pinnacle, Inc $3,699 7 $0 (2019)
Stryker Corporation $3,391 36 $0 (2021)
Great Lakes Orthopedics $2,409 3 $0 (2021)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,671 18 $0 (2024)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $1,259 5 $0 (2021)
Medwest Associates $1,222 2 $0 (2021)
ACUMED LLC $716.29 4 $0 (2019)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $197.64 2 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($99.62)
2023 $1,338 10 True North Surgical Inc ($943.42)
2022 $8,040 19 True North Surgical Inc ($4,964)
2021 $13,722 54 Arthrex, Inc. ($4,588)
2020 $4,251 5 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($3,250)
2019 $3,866 29 Stryker Corporation ($1,022)
2018 $4,367 15 Pinnacle, Inc ($2,992)
2017 $661.88 9 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($299.99)

All Payment Transactions

143 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 6

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/25/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Q-FIX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $98.02 General
Category: Sports Med Shoulder
03/21/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Shoulder System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $99.62 General
Category: Extremities
12/03/2023 True North Surgical Inc — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.41 General
12/02/2023 True North Surgical Inc — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $92.55 General
12/02/2023 Arthrex, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.00 General
12/02/2023 Arthrex, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
12/02/2023 Arthrex, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
12/01/2023 Arthrex, Inc. — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $234.08 General
11/01/2023 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $62.59 General
Category: Extremities & Limb Restoration
09/13/2023 True North Surgical Inc — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $431.95 General
05/06/2023 True North Surgical Inc — Education Cash or cash equivalent $394.51 General
01/06/2023 Arthrex, Inc. Arthrex (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $53.56 General
Category: Arthroplasty - Implants - Revers Total Shoulder - Revers
12/03/2022 True North Surgical Inc — Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
11/08/2022 True North Surgical Inc — Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
11/05/2022 Arthrex, Inc. — Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
11/05/2022 True North Surgical Inc — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.50 General
11/05/2022 Arthrex, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.00 General
11/05/2022 Arthrex, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
11/05/2022 Arthrex, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
11/04/2022 Arthrex, Inc. — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $211.68 General
11/04/2022 True North Surgical Inc — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $52.50 General
09/28/2022 True North Surgical Inc — Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
09/13/2022 True North Surgical Inc — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $398.30 General
04/30/2022 Arthrex, Inc. — Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
04/30/2022 Arthrex, Inc. — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $151.20 General
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 4 83 92 $33,158 $7,128
2022 4 60 71 $23,350 $4,881
Total Patients
143
Total Services
163
Medicare Billing
$12,009
Procedure Codes
8

All Medicare Procedures & Services

8 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 29 29 $15,509 $3,547 22.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 23 31 $7,930 $2,030 25.6%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 15 15 $5,688 $1,220 21.4%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 16 17 $4,031 $330.32 8.2%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 16 16 $8,159 $1,961 24.0%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 21 23 $8,323 $1,875 22.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 11 12 $2,929 $678.87 23.2%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2022 12 20 $3,939 $366.31 9.3%

About Dr. Nickolas Linkous, MD

Dr. Nickolas Linkous, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Appleton, Wisconsin. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/09/2015. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1285015834.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Nickolas Linkous, MD has received a total of $36,442 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $197.64 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 143 transactions from 17 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($25,166).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Linkous has provided services to 143 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 163 services with total Medicare billing of $12,009. Data is available for 2 years (2022–2023), covering 8 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Location Appleton, WI
  • Active Since 06/09/2015
  • Last Updated 12/06/2021
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1285015834

Products in Payments

  • NA (Device) $1,109
  • Comprehensive Fracture Shoulder (Device) $753.44
  • Elbow Plating System (Device) $678.89
  • MYSPINE (Device) $547.80
  • HIPCHECK (Device) $488.56
  • T2 (Device) $278.25
  • ACCOLADE (Device) $183.08
  • AXSOS (Device) $170.46
  • Sports Medicine Product Portfolio (Device) $155.52
  • MAKO (Device) $151.80
  • PROLAYER (Device) $147.52
  • ES2 (Device) $144.41
  • SALVATION (Device) $142.88
  • VARIAX (Device) $141.14
  • NOVOSTITCH PRO (Device) $135.94
  • BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) $130.10
  • AxoGuard Nerve Connector (Device) $126.12
  • DVR Crosslock Plates/Screws/Pegs (Device) $124.99
  • MACI _ PEAK Study (Drug) $124.86
  • BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS (Device) $124.54

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Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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