Christian Schmidt, MD
Surgery · Indianapolis, INNPI 1417915067
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 17 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 47.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $757 and has fallen 52.0% since, to $363 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $1,566.
Across 17 payments — averaging $78.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$625
- Linvatec Corporation$262
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$139
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$127
- Coastal Medical Technologies LLC$56
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$51
- plus $69 from 3 others
Across 50 payments — averaging $5121.56 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.
- Boston Scientific$256K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,329100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 7 | $625 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $262 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 2 | $56 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
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.
- CITREFIX$164
- QUANTUM$150
- 5MS$150
- NEOSPAN SUPERELASTIC COMPRESSION STAPLE W/INSTRUMENTS, SIZE 10X10X10$150
- GAMMA$142
- Integrity implant$139
- CellerateRx$127
- BioBrace 23mm$112
- GMRS$106
How this compares
$1,329 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 524 surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 93 | $316,687 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 15 | $114 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Indianapolis
- Paul SzotekIndianapolis$2.4M
- Michael MillerIndianapolis$53K
- Marita BaumanIndianapolis$29K
- Rosalie CarrIndianapolis$24K
- Steven MongIndianapolis$22K
- Jonathan MandelbaumIndianapolis$21K
- Jenalee CookseyIndianapolis$19K
- Chandrashekhar KubalIndianapolis$15K
- John PowelsonIndianapolis$14K
- Carlos Gonzalez RendonMunster$275K
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.