Christopher Kaeding, MD
Sports Medicine · Columbus, OHNPI 1912965054
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $79,148 of the $113,473 with a category attached, or 69.8%. Arthrex accounts for 84.8% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $36,885 and has fallen 61.8% since, to $14,073 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in OH 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 203 payments — averaging $558.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$96K
- Smith+Nephew$9K
- Novopedics, Inc.$3K
- Bioventus LLC$3K
- CDC Medical LLC$1K
- DJO, LLC$313
- plus $358 from 4 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $2350.68 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.
- Vericel Corporation$24K
- Zimmer Biomet$14K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,06314%
- Speaking & faculty fees$79,14870%
- Travel & lodging$12,55011%
- Food & beverage$4,5734%
- Education$1,1391%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 174 | $96,169 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $9,235 |
| Novopedics, Inc. | 3 | $3,415 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $2,535 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 5 | $1,449 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $313 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $190 |
| COSA Medical, LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Zak Ortho | 1 | $20 |
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.
- GTS System$3,000
- Coblation Wands$2,646
- Acufex Director$2,000
- BIOSURE REGENESORB$2,000
- Fast-Fix 360$2,000
- NOVOSTITCH PRO$2,000
- ULTRABUTTON$2,000
- PROCARE$207
- T-Fix$170
- Journey II BCS$170
- PICO 7 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy$170
- REDAPT Revision Hip System$170
- NOVOSTITCH$146
- Other$141
- AIRCAST$106
- DONJOY$106
- AccuFill$104
How this compares
$113,473 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 278 sports medicine providers in Ohio.
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 sports medicine in Columbus
- David FlaniganColumbus$915K
- Julie BishopColumbus$322K
- Jelle van der ListColumbus$34K
- Eric WelderColumbus$31K
- Kelvin LuuColumbus$22K
- Bryant WalrodColumbus$14K
- Nicholas ApseloffColumbus$13K
- Grant JonesColumbus$13K
- Joseph RuaneColumbus$13K
- Elizabeth LiottaColumbus$10K
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.