Charlotte Horne, MD
Surgery · Rochester, MNNPI 1518373075
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (39.8%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 59.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $17,040, more than ten times the $381 reported in 2019. Among surgery clinicians in MN 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 121 payments — averaging $306.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$22K
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Davol Inc.$4K
- AbbVie$4K
- Covidien LP$2K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$153
- plus $100 from 1 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $12,405 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.
- Medtronic$25K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,99227%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,77040%
- Travel & lodging$4,98713%
- Food & beverage$5,35214%
- Education$2,0005%
- Gifts$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 59 | $22,082 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 19 | $4,564 |
| Davol Inc. | 33 | $4,401 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $3,784 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $2,030 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $153 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $100 |
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.
- TRANSORB$6,517
- Dextile$5,250
- ProGrip$4,566
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,243
- Phasix Mesh$1,987
- LigaSure$687
- PHASIX$226
- EXPAREL$153
- MONOCRYL$100
- Echelon Flex$100
- ETHICON$100
How this compares
$37,114 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 498 surgery providers in Minnesota.
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.
Other surgery in Rochester
- Todd KelloggRochester$110K
- Sean ClearyRochester$107K
- Omar GhanemRochester$42K
- Megan NelsonRochester$20K
- Susanne WarnerRochester$20K
- Cornelius ThielsRochester$17K
- Daniel StephensRochester$16K
- Jeffrey JohnsonRochester$13K
- Jayson DockShakopee$266K
- Charles SvendsenMinneapolis$266K
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.