Christopher Conn, MD
Surgery · la Porte, INNPI 1164440830
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $13,213 of the $15,951 with a category attached, or 82.8%. Angiodynamics, Inc. accounts for 82.8% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among surgery clinicians in IN 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 36 payments — averaging $443.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$13K
- Steris Corporation$2K
- AbbVie$175
- Intuitive Surgical$73
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$61
- Kerecis Limited$60
- plus $288 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,09613%
- Food & beverage$6304%
- Education$130%
- Other$13,21383%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 4 | $13,213 |
| Steris Corporation | 2 | $2,083 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $175 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $73 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $60 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $53 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $39 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $32 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $28 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| THD America, Inc. | 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.
- VenaCure 1470 Pro$9,600
- VenaCure EVLT$3,613
- HARMONYAIR EQUIPMENT BOOMS$2,068
- HARMONYAIR EQUIPMENT COLUMN, SUPPLY HEAD$2,068
- HARMONYAIR EVACUATION SYSTEM$2,068
- HARMONY IQ OR INTEGRATION SYSTEM 3000 SERIES$2,068
- HARMONYAIR LED SURGICAL LIGHTING SYSTEM$2,068
How this compares
$15,951 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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.
Other surgery in la Porte
- Jeremy Luedtkela Porte$102K
- Paul SzotekIndianapolis$2.4M
- Carlos Gonzalez RendonMunster$275K
- Anthony ZappiaCarmel$105K
- Patricia ClarkFort Wayne$82K
- Erica GiblinCarmel$70K
- Paul BowldsGreenwood$69K
- Michael MillerIndianapolis$53K
- M ShabeebMunster$48K
- Sandra WischmeyerMichigan City$44K
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.