Bradford Currier
Orthopaedic Surgery · Rochester, MNNPI 1841263381
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,013,116 of the $2,027,959 with a category attached, or 99.3%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimvie Inc. at 48.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $873,525 and has fallen 84.9% since, to $132,295 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 69 payments — averaging $29,391 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimvie Inc.$988K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$881K
- Zimmer Biomet$156K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$156
- Spineology Inc.$88
- plus $51 from 2 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $5.43 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Spineology Inc.$38
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,013,11699%
- Consulting fees$14,5481%
- Speaking & faculty fees$880%
- Food & beverage$2070%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimvie Inc. | 15 | $988,232 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 40 | $881,145 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $156,239 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $2,048 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $156 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $36 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, 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.
- Vitality$762,312
- SYNAPSE$751,275
- Vital$382,159
- MOUNTAINEER$129,827
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$156
How this compares
$2,027,959 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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.