Carson Rider
Orthopaedic Surgery · Germantown, TNNPI 1427444009
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 68.5% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $78,253, more than ten times the $7,045 reported in 2021. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in TN 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 197 payments — averaging $647.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$87K
- Exactech, Inc.$31K
- Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions$5K
- Stryker$2K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$459
- Johnson & Johnson$359
- plus $796 from 9 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $8250.00 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.
- Stryker$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$38,46330%
- Speaking & faculty fees$61,51048%
- Travel & lodging$12,11910%
- Food & beverage$9,4407%
- Education$6,0005%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 95 | $87,356 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 31 | $31,458 |
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 25 | $5,390 |
| Stryker | 26 | $1,714 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 4 | $459 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $359 |
| Novastep Inc. | 2 | $223 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $174 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $21 |
| Lifenet Health | 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.
- VANTAGE$30,748
- INFINITY$809
- INBONE$695
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$479
- Lapiplasty System$459
- EASYFUSE$395
- EQUINOXE$319
- NA$210
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$175
- PECA Bunion Correction System$145
- MOTOBAND$141
- FUSEFORCE$127
- Product Portfolio$127
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FOOT & ANKLE TTC NAIL$126
- PROstep$115
- SALVATION$115
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FOOT & ANKLE DYNANITE STAPLES$102
How this compares
$127,531 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 381 orthopaedic surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 | 38 | $909 |
| Gabapentin | 60 | $530 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 50 | $293 |
| Meloxicam | 109 | $293 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 33 | $196 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $187 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $173 |
| Vitamin D2Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 14 | $160 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 12 | $124 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Germantown
- Thomas ThrockmortonGermantown$1.7M
- Chad CampionGermantown$311K
- Thomas RussellGermantown$131K
- Kirk ThompsonGermantown$119K
- Christopher CosgroveGermantown$109K
- Jan SzatkowskiGermantown$103K
- Paul BradyKnoxville$20M
- Edwin SpencerKnoxville$2.5M
- Jesse DotyChattanooga$2.3M
- Alton HunterColumbia$820K
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.