Chad Lasceski, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lapeer, MINPI 1942628268
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (58.5%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Pinnacle, Inc accounts for 63.4% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $33,159 and has fallen 86.1% since, to $4,601 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MI 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 136 payments — averaging $419.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pinnacle, Inc$36K
- Arthrex$16K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Encore Medical, LP$2K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$968
- Stryker$375
- plus $511 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5003%
- Grants$10,00018%
- Travel & lodging$8,70815%
- Food & beverage$3,4806%
- Education$33,34658%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle, Inc | 46 | $36,185 |
| Arthrex | 53 | $15,637 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 19 | $1,781 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 3 | $1,577 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 2 | $968 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 4 | $375 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $83 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $62 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $40 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $34 |
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.
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$1,500
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$1,500
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$1,184
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$272
- ACL/PCL FLEXIBLE INSTRUMENTATION$135
- TACTOSET$113
How this compares
$57,034 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 829 orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.
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 | 322 | $13,402 |
| Celecoxib | 27 | $1,942 |
| Meloxicam | 558 | $1,370 |
| Ibuprofen | 67 | $382 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $12 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lapeer
- Asheesh BediAnn Arbor$9.4M
- Jerome WiaterBeverly Hills$3.9M
- Mark PintoChelsea$3.2M
- Kyle AndersonBingham Farms$3.1M
- Stephen BartolDetroit$2.6M
- Jad KhalilSouthfield$1.9M
- Jeffrey FischgrundSouthfield$1.8M
- John BlahaAnn Arbor$1.5M
- David MarkelSouthfield$1.5M
- Christopher ChuinardTraverse City$1.4M
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.