Christopher Laprade, MD
Sports Medicine · Eagan, MNNPI 1619472602
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (50.4%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 42.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $33,631 and has fallen 89.7% since, to $3,456 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in MN 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 104 payments — averaging $619.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$27K
- Arthrex$21K
- Evolution Surgical, Inc$8K
- Encore Medical, LP$2K
- Foundation Medical, LLC$1K
- Ossur Americas, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5002%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0502%
- Grants$32,50050%
- Travel & lodging$2,5924%
- Food & beverage$5,5169%
- Education$21,28033%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 20 | $27,405 |
| Arthrex | 19 | $21,447 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 10 | $7,764 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 5 | $2,232 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 7 | $1,474 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 8 | $1,134 |
| Stryker | 12 | $991 |
| Newclip USA LLC | 1 | $637 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $400 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 9 | $368 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $231 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $174 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $127 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$4,189
- SPATIAL FRAME$2,042
- Unloader One X$886
- NOVOSTITCH$637
- Biosure$637
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$275
- Miami J$248
- GAMMA$229
- Q-FIX$214
- DERMABOND$141
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$141
- NA$131
- Tricera Handpiece$131
- AM$122
- ATTUNE$107
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$100
How this compares
$64,438 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 156 sports medicine providers in Minnesota.
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 Eagan
- Jeremiah JohnsonEagan$54K
- Jonathan CooperEagan$2K
- Robert LapradeEdina$1.1M
- Jack SkendzelWoodbury$103K
- Ryan FaderEdina$78K
- Julie DoddsFairmont$61K
- Saurabh RawallMinneapolis$53K
- Taylor RidleyFridley$46K
- Alicia HarrisonMinneapolis$46K
- Matthew RasmussenMaple Grove$42K
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.