Brandon Fisher, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fargo, NDNPI 1013400605
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.9%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 36.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,827 and has fallen 83.0% since, to $652 in 2025.
Across 77 payments — averaging $98.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Arthrex$1K
- Sioux Surgical Inc$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$957
- Zimmer Biomet$803
- Smith+Nephew$283
- plus $329 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,00013%
- Travel & lodging$3,14642%
- Food & beverage$3,24443%
- Education$1682%
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 | 19 | $2,761 |
| Arthrex | 19 | $1,372 |
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 5 | $1,054 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $957 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $803 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $283 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 3 | $64 |
| Kerecis Limited | 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.
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$451
- INHANCE$274
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$249
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$172
- Healicoil$146
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$145
- TAPESTRY$145
- Arthroscopy Instrument Systems$145
- PRO$144
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$133
- T2$133
- VARIAX$133
- GAMMA$133
- MOTOBAND$128
- PRIME SERIES$114
- EQUINOXE$105
How this compares
$7,559 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 61 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Dakota.
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 | 35 | $102 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 29 | $87 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $48 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $46 |
| Dexamethasone | 27 | $40 |
| Cephalexin | 26 | $25 |
| Gabapentin | 27 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Fargo
- Erik SletteFargo$39K
- Nicholas O'NeillFargo$36K
- Jason KellyFargo$9K
- Parth VyasFargo$9K
- Razvan NicolescuFargo$8K
- Anthony BrownFargo$7K
- Kevin DahlFargo$7K
- Michael WhiteFargo$6K
- John HaggartFargo$6K
- Gary MatthysFargo$5K
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.