Brian Ipsen, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Galena, KSNPI 1851371769
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Augmedics Inc. at 34.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $32,175 and has fallen 68.5% since, to $10,140 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KS 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 231 payments — averaging $284.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Augmedics Inc.$23K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$13K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$13K
- Medtronic$4K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Curvafix, Inc.$3K
- plus $7K from 25 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $24,110 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- 4web, Inc.$286K
- Augmedics Inc.$165K
- Amplify Surgical, Inc.$56K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,12557%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,87512%
- Travel & lodging$11,94818%
- Food & beverage$8,63213%
- Education$990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Augmedics Inc. | 35 | $22,665 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 18 | $13,271 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 20 | $12,928 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 30 | $3,605 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 55 | $3,417 |
| Curvafix, Inc. | 2 | $3,210 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $1,961 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 7 | $745 |
| Stryker | 9 | $686 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 5 | $456 |
| 4web, Inc. | 4 | $322 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $253 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $225 |
| Abbott | 5 | $207 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $205 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $204 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $191 |
| Osseus Fusion Systems, LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $144 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $119 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 1 | $92 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $83 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $65 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $61 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $28 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Xvision$109,449
- CurvaFix IM Implant$3,210
- Velys$1,753
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$1,750
- Regatta$1,449
- Reef TO$1,000
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$874
- Excelsius - GPS$587
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$272
- Iovera$238
- Pulse$194
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$191
- Regatta Lateral System$158
- ALEUTIAN ALIF$154
- MAKO$143
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$136
- iGA$133
- iFuse Implant$133
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$127
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$126
How this compares
$65,679 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 167 | $1,636 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 21 | $1,278 |
| Celecoxib | 28 | $337 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 36 | $239 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 29 | $219 |
| Methylprednisolone | 29 | $196 |
| Baclofen | 24 | $128 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $95 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $82 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $42 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $27 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Galena
- Andrew NelsonGalena$12K
- 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.