Christian Valle, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Monroe, LANPI 1205369840
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.7% of the total across 59 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 31.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $514, 2.1 times the $248 reported in 2020. That places this record below the midpoint for foot & ankle surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $2,260.
Across 59 payments — averaging $37.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$706
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$507
- DJO, LLC$206
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$166
- Baxter Healthcare$108
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$106
- plus $424 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,01891%
- Education$2069%
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 | 19 | $706 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 7 | $507 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $206 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $166 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $108 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $106 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $84 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $49 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $38 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $37 |
| Amgen | 1 | $29 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $12 |
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.
- DR COMFORT$206
- TMC SPEEDMTP$166
- ACTIFUSE$108
- Lapiplasty System$108
How this compares
$2,224 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 92 foot & ankle surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 29 | $435 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 11 | $143 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 20 | $131 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $44 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 13 | $35 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Monroe
- Luke HunterMonroe$2K
- Grant DonaMonroe$1K
- Brian BensonLeesville$278K
- Meredith WarnerBaton Rouge$232K
- Tyson GreenLake Charles$203K
- Bryon McKennaThibodaux$131K
- Mohamad IssaNew Orleans$24K
- Leon WatkinsMetairie$18K
- Phuoc BuiMinden$15K
- Henrique HilarioShreveport$14K
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.