Total Payments
$1.2M
2024 Payments
$82,133
Companies
24
Transactions
753
Medicare Patients
1,737
Medicare Billing
$278,097
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$856,944 (73.9%)
Consulting$231,300 (19.9%)
Travel$47,444 (4.1%)
Food & Beverage$23,690 (2.0%)
Education$99.52 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $390,119 | 104 | 33.6% |
| Current or prospective ownership or investment interest | $352,990 | 1 | 30.4% |
| Consulting Fee | $231,300 | 53 | 19.9% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | $70,500 | 18 | 6.1% |
| Travel and Lodging | $47,444 | 178 | 4.1% |
| Honoraria | $43,250 | 11 | 3.7% |
| Food and Beverage | $23,690 | 386 | 2.0% |
| Education | $99.52 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Entertainment | $84.43 | 1 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $360,677 | 277 | $0 (2024) |
| Corindus Inc. | $355,398 | 18 | $0 (2019) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $181,304 | 108 | $0 (2024) |
| ShockWave Medical, Inc | $101,711 | 52 | $0 (2024) |
| ABIOMED | $39,495 | 39 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $37,191 | 109 | $0 (2024) |
| Teleflex LLC | $35,268 | 18 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $21,737 | 69 | $0 (2020) |
| Arrow International, Inc. | $14,689 | 12 | $0 (2024) |
| ASAHI INTECC USA, INC. | $8,068 | 12 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $82,133 | 100 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($51,064) |
| 2023 | $113,996 | 112 | Teleflex LLC ($32,703) |
| 2022 | $84,855 | 121 | Shockwave Medical, Inc ($35,444) |
| 2021 | $99,845 | 68 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($43,338) |
| 2020 | $57,877 | 56 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($38,886) |
| 2019 | $478,244 | 113 | Corindus Inc. ($353,965) |
| 2018 | $115,886 | 107 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($48,466) |
| 2017 | $126,643 | 76 | Abbott Laboratories ($64,917) |
All Payment Transactions
753 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 31
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,500.00 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 12/30/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $136.26 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 12/19/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,750.00 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 12/19/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $76.59 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 12/03/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $153.18 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.68 | General |
| Category: General - Atherectomy_IC | ||||||
| 11/01/2024 | Teleflex LLC | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $850.00 | General |
| 10/22/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AVVIGO Guidance System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.19 | General |
| Category: AVVIGO_IC | ||||||
| 10/16/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $41.23 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,000.00 | General |
| Category: General - Vascular Access_IC | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,000.00 | General |
| Category: General - Vascular Access_IC | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,000.00 | General |
| Category: General - Vascular Access_IC | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $625.00 | General |
| Category: General - Vascular Access_IC | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $625.00 | General |
| Category: General - Vascular Access_IC | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $625.00 | General |
| Category: General - Vascular Access_IC | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $101.51 | General |
| Category: General - Vascular Access_IC | ||||||
| 10/09/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | ONYX FRONTIER (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $42.83 | General |
| Category: Stents | ||||||
| 10/04/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $103.90 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/04/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $75.43 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/04/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $48.55 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/04/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.16 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $359.84 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $218.89 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $101.03 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $68.23 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | 378 | 424 | $470,702 | $57,233 |
| 2022 | 14 | 450 | 510 | $573,499 | $69,628 |
| 2021 | 10 | 383 | 416 | $461,698 | $59,688 |
| 2020 | 14 | 526 | 581 | $618,897 | $91,548 |
Total Patients
1,737
Total Services
1,931
Medicare Billing
$278,097
Procedure Codes
48
All Medicare Procedures & Services
48 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92928 | Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch | Facility | 2023 | 35 | 43 | $123,537 | $17,626 | 14.3% |
| 92943 | Removal of plaque, insertion of stent and/or balloon dilation of single coronary artery, branch or bypass graft | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $60,768 | $9,660 | 15.9% |
| 93458 | Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 45 | 46 | $120,926 | $8,881 | 7.3% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 64 | 79 | $34,894 | $7,746 | 22.2% |
| 92978 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, initial vessel | Facility | 2023 | 54 | 59 | $29,734 | $4,313 | 14.5% |
| 93459 | Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 13 | $39,521 | $2,815 | 7.1% |
| 93454 | Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $26,076 | $2,220 | 8.5% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $8,082 | $1,662 | 20.6% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 103 | 119 | $21,284 | $1,157 | 5.4% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $5,880 | $1,153 | 19.6% |
| 92928 | Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch | Facility | 2022 | 37 | 52 | $142,188 | $19,874 | 14.0% |
| 92943 | Removal of plaque, insertion of stent and/or balloon dilation of single coronary artery, branch or bypass graft | Facility | 2022 | 26 | 29 | $87,793 | $14,423 | 16.4% |
| 93458 | Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2022 | 47 | 47 | $117,890 | $9,597 | 8.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 52 | 64 | $26,995 | $5,760 | 21.3% |
| 93454 | Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2022 | 28 | 28 | $50,085 | $4,766 | 9.5% |
| 92978 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, initial vessel | Facility | 2022 | 51 | 56 | $25,832 | $4,271 | 16.5% |
| 93460 | Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $35,029 | $3,044 | 8.7% |
| 93459 | Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 13 | $36,834 | $3,015 | 8.2% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 129 | 153 | $26,170 | $1,543 | 5.9% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $6,147 | $1,483 | 24.1% |
| 99217 | Hospital observation care on day of discharge | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $2,736 | $693.72 | 25.4% |
| 92979 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, each additional vessel | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $5,029 | $671.73 | 13.4% |
| 93571 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment, initial vessel | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $10,411 | $432.78 | 4.2% |
| 93005 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with tracing | Office | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $360.00 | $54.23 | 15.1% |
| 92928 | Catheter placement of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin, each additional artery or branch | Facility | 2021 | 41 | 47 | $132,942 | $19,462 | 14.6% |
About Dr. William Nicholson, MD
Dr. William Nicholson, MD is a Cardiovascular Disease healthcare provider based in Atlanta, Georgia. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/13/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1861435406.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. William Nicholson, MD has received a total of $1.2M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $82,133 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 753 transactions from 24 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($390,119).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Nicholson has provided services to 1,737 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,931 services with total Medicare billing of $278,097. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 48 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Cardiovascular Disease
- Other Specialties Interventional Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
- Location Atlanta, GA
- Active Since 06/13/2006
- Last Updated 09/26/2022
- Taxonomy Code 207RC0000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1861435406
Products in Payments
- CROSSBOSS (Device) $100,079
- Xience V coronary stent system (Device) $94,391
- GENERAL - VASCULAR ACCESS (Device) $73,898
- SHOCKWAVE IVL SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE C2 CORONARY IVL CATHETER (Device) $63,453
- General - Vascular Access (Device) $53,215
- Asahi Fielder coronary guide wire (Device) $45,403
- Impella (Device) $39,495
- Resolute (Device) $28,687
- Vascular Lithotripsy (Device) $24,836
- GUIDELINER (Device) $22,504
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS (Device) $20,781
- Dragonfly OCT (Device) $20,543
- TURNPIKE (Device) $19,013
- RESOLUTE ONYX (Device) $18,582
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR (Device) $14,486
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) $13,423
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS (Device) $13,109
- ASAHI PTCA Guide Wire (Device) $7,964
- MANTA (Device) $7,427
- STINGRAY (Device) $6,354
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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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