Annalise Larson
Orthopaedic Surgery · Rochester, MNNPI 1134105117
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (45.3%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Highridge Medical LLC at 47.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $278,257 and has fallen 86.0% since, to $39,059 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 229 payments — averaging $2135.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Highridge Medical LLC$233K
- Medtronic$93K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$58K
- Globus Medical$56K
- Zimvie Inc.$20K
- Stryker$20K
- plus $10K from 5 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $8088.89 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$55K
- Medtronic$18K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$221,74445%
- Consulting fees$195,81040%
- Speaking & faculty fees$47,77510%
- Travel & lodging$20,8364%
- Food & beverage$2,8231%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highridge Medical LLC | 21 | $232,768 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 81 | $92,898 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 38 | $57,798 |
| Globus Medical | 40 | $55,914 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 30 | $19,712 |
| Stryker | 9 | $19,546 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $5,325 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $3,280 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 2 | $1,170 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $77 |
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.
- Vitality$182,415
- EXPEDIUM$41,628
- Vital$39,329
- The Tether$34,149
- SYMPHONY$27,203
- CD HORIZON$20,850
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$19,411
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$18,200
- NexGen MIS$17,500
- TRIALTIS$15,504
- REFLECT$11,663
- REFLECT/REFLECT HDE$11,337
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$11,100
- MazorX - Renaissance$9,000
- O-ARM$8,037
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$5,463
- UNID_PASS$4,950
- CREO$3,757
- CALIBER$1,062
- CREO 5.5$716
How this compares
$488,989 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 533 orthopaedic surgery providers in Minnesota.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Rochester
- Daniel BerryRochester$21.5M
- Mark PagnanoRochester$14.8M
- Robert TrousdaleRochester$12.2M
- John SperlingRochester$12.2M
- Shawn O'DriscollRochester$10.5M
- David LewallenRochester$8M
- Rafael SierraRochester$4.9M
- Joaquin Sanchez-SoteloRochester$4M
- Michael TauntonRochester$3.5M
- Arlen HanssenRochester$3.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.