Andrew Nelson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Galena, KSNPI 1861810541
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,336 of the $12,463 with a category attached, or 82.9%. Stryker accounts for 61.0% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 124 payments — averaging $100.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$8K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Maxx Orthopedics, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$345
- Davol Inc.$182
- BD$155
- plus $560 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,78114%
- Food & beverage$10,33683%
- Education$3453%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 79 | $7,605 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 18 | $1,852 |
| Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. | 7 | $1,763 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $345 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $182 |
| BD | 1 | $155 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 2 | $127 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $108 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $94 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $39 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $14 |
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.
- MAKO$4,695
- G7$1,195
- TRITANIUM$883
- RESTORATION$507
- INSIGNIA$466
- GAMMA$426
- ACCOLADE$405
- TRIDENT$405
- Avenir$274
- ARISTA$155
- TRIATHLON$148
- Arcos$145
- GMRS$133
- Persona MC$132
- Alps Plates and Instruments$132
- ROSA$125
- MyMobility$125
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$124
- Anterior Supine$109
- Taperloc$109
How this compares
$12,463 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 197 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 42 | $2,610 |
| Gabapentin | 118 | $654 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 38 | $627 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 96 | $612 |
| Meloxicam | 190 | $400 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $224 |
| Amoxicillin | 71 | $60 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 13 | $40 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Galena
- Brian IpsenGalena$66K
- Toby MooreGalena$11K
- John OgdenGalena$11K
- Aaron WeberGalena$9K
- David AndersonKansas City$490K
- Brandon CarlsonKansas City$299K
- Jacob DeisterTopeka$185K
- Harold EllsworthLeawood$154K
- Tyler BronWichita$107K
- William ReedLenexa$106K
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.