Christopher Larson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Edina, MNNPI 1396763314
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.8%), consulting fees and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 94.0% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MN 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 177 payments — averaging $1831.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$305K
- Responsive Arthroscopy Inc$14K
- Synthes GmbH$5K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$32
Across 6 payments — averaging $38,137 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Responsive Arthroscopy Inc$229K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$43,86414%
- Consulting fees$82,92826%
- Speaking & faculty fees$184,13057%
- Travel & lodging$8,2863%
- Food & beverage$4,9962%
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 | 155 | $304,663 |
| Responsive Arthroscopy Inc | 18 | $14,210 |
| Synthes GmbH | 3 | $5,299 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
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.
- CAP-FIX$57,355
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$49,921
- SPATIAL FRAME$44,675
- NOVOSTITCH$28,443
- Healicoil$27,076
- Q-FIX$22,003
- Accu-pass$20,314
- ULTRABUTTON$17,510
- NOVOSTITCH PRO$17,236
- Meniscal Root Repair System$17,210
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$17,164
- Fast-Fix 360$16,695
- TRUNAV$16,695
- FIRSTPASS MINI$16,695
- Bioraptor Knotless$16,540
- Acufex$16,033
- Responsive Arthroscopy Devices$14,210
- The Pink Hip Kit - Smith & Nephew Table$12,241
- Suturefix$11,770
- Osteoraptor$11,620
How this compares
$324,204 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 533 orthopaedic surgery 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 orthopaedic surgery in Edina
- Leroy McCartyEdina$155K
- Ryan HoelEdina$126K
- Allan HuntEdina$100K
- Daniel BerryRochester$21.5M
- Mark PagnanoRochester$14.8M
- Robert TrousdaleRochester$12.2M
- John SperlingRochester$12.2M
- Shawn O'DriscollRochester$10.5M
- Bryan Den HartogStillwater$9M
- Joseph NesslerSartell$8.6M
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.