Aaron Altenburg, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Pocatello, IDNPI 1215145883
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $21,090 of the $27,214 with a category attached, or 77.5%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Microport Orthopedics Inc at 52.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $11,140 and has fallen 84.7% since, to $1,708 in 2025.
Across 66 payments — averaging $412.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$14K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$10K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Brainlab, Inc.$316
- Abbott$127
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$100
- plus $138 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,09077%
- Travel & lodging$3,56313%
- Food & beverage$2,5619%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 15 | $14,138 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $9,939 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 28 | $2,456 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $316 |
| Abbott | 2 | $127 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $100 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $41 |
| Corin USA | 1 | $28 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Medacta USA, 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.
How this compares
$27,214 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 139 orthopaedic surgery providers in Idaho.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron Hcl | 31 | $7,776 |
| Celecoxib | 30 | $2,208 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 37 | $634 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $382 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 28 | $108 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $69 |
| Amoxicillin | 36 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Pocatello
- Gregory FordPocatello$23K
- Carl HumphreyEagle$9.4M
- Richard MooreBoise$7.4M
- Roman SchwartsmanBoise$358K
- Lucas AndersonCoeur D Alene$243K
- Jeffry MenznerBoise$194K
- Justin DazleyTwin Falls$184K
- Christopher HiroseBoise$182K
- Joseph LynchBoise$140K
- Tracye LawyerBoise$129K
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.