Christopher Harrod, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1285760694
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,364,923 of the $3,029,054 with a category attached, or 78.1%. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 48.2% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in LA 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 249 payments — averaging $12,165 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1.5M
- East Louisiana Surgical Services, LLC$420K
- Curiteva, Inc.$326K
- Innovasis Inc$312K
- VB Spine LLC$197K
- Integrity Implants Inc.$160K
- plus $155K from 25 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $9540.06 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.
- Prosidyan, Inc$102K
- Bioventus LLC$30K
- Stryker$21K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,364,92378%
- Consulting fees$218,2017%
- Travel & lodging$19,1401%
- Food & beverage$6,4470%
- Entertainment$3430%
- Ownership interest$420,00014%
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 | 27 | $1,459,088 |
| East Louisiana Surgical Services, LLC | 1 | $420,000 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 9 | $326,128 |
| Innovasis Inc | 33 | $311,837 |
| VB Spine LLC | 4 | $197,135 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 13 | $159,695 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 15 | $111,679 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 39 | $26,820 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 7 | $7,776 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $5,250 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 9 | $748 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $591 |
| Abbott | 31 | $454 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 4 | $429 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $208 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $191 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 2 | $137 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $126 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $95 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $94 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $48 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $19 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$1,270,186
- YUKON$308,550
- FlareHawk$254,569
- LXHA$97,853
- CAYMAN PLATE SYSTEM$77,357
- BUTTRESS PLATE$54,135
- Prodigy Pedicle Screw System$25,940
- Other - Miscellaneous$17,124
- PLX$7,500
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$5,250
- SPINAL IMPLANT$224
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$125
- VIPER$119
- INVICTUS OPEN$118
- CONDUIT$115
- IdentiTi$103
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$100
How this compares
$3,029,054 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 286 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Piroxicam | 21 | $11,077 |
| Calcipotriene | 25 | $7,217 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 398 | $3,806 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 417 | $3,326 |
| Methocarbamol | 181 | $966 |
| Baclofen | 164 | $689 |
| Gabapentin | 112 | $624 |
| Nabumetone | 12 | $593 |
| Methylprednisolone | 93 | $529 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 59 | $419 |
| Chlorzoxazone | 15 | $382 |
| Meloxicam | 125 | $352 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 160 | $330 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 43 | $273 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 32 | $134 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Baton Rouge
- Jorge IsazaBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Kevin McCarthyBaton Rouge$594K
- Robert EastonBaton Rouge$394K
- Ricardo RodriguezBaton Rouge$262K
- Wame WaggenspackBaton Rouge$82K
- Shaun AccardoBaton Rouge$52K
- Kevin RicheBaton Rouge$33K
- William ShermanBaton Rouge$29K
- David FerachiBaton Rouge$16K
- Vinod DasaKenner$1.9M
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.