Charles Ettelson, PA
Surgical · Denver, CONPI 1598165375
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC accounts for 98.6% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $21,972 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $54 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in CO 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 28 payments — averaging $842.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC$23K
- Zimmer Biomet$131
- Illuminoss Medical, Inc.$54
- Next Science LLC$33
- Organogenesis Inc.$29
- Bone Support Inc.$27
- plus $49 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,05017%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,14247%
- Travel & lodging$7,55132%
- Food & beverage$8424%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 19 | $23,262 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $131 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $21 |
| BD | 1 | $14 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Mepilex Border Post Op AG$11,516
- Mepilex Border Post Op$820
- Avance Film$324
How this compares
$23,585 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 495 surgical providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 90 | $879 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 24 | $582 |
| Celecoxib | 17 | $404 |
| Cefadroxil | 14 | $291 |
| Methocarbamol | 39 | $218 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $150 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Denver
- Joshua KatzDenver$8K
- Jordyn AlmeidaDenver$8K
- Nicole KenyonDenver$7K
- Todd PillenDenver$6K
- Lisa ZwiersDenver$4K
- Justin CallDenver$4K
- Kevin ShinsakoDenver$4K
- Joanna OomkesDenver$4K
- Diana WhiteDenver$3K
- Staci PalmoreDenver$3K
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.