Christopher Meyer, MD
Sports Medicine · Waconia, MNNPI 1669585816
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.7%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 59.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,460 and has fallen 75.7% since, to $356 in 2025.
Across 29 payments — averaging $125.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Conformis, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$149
- Johnson & Johnson$57
- Stryker$21
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$20
Across 7 payments — averaging $69,891 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Responsive Arthroscopy Inc$489K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,88452%
- Food & beverage$1,32036%
- Education$44312%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 17 | $2,155 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 8 | $1,246 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $149 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $57 |
| Stryker | 1 | $21 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 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.
- ROSA$1,158
- Hip$1,070
- iTotal, Identity CR$1,070
- Persona$258
- Oxford$246
- AQUAMANTYS$149
- OSS Orthopedic Salvage System$147
- Identity Imprint CR$126
- Identity Imprint PS$126
- Comprehensive Primary Stem$112
How this compares
$3,648 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 76 | $1,995 |
| Amoxicillin | 423 | $1,037 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 97 | $900 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 67 | $410 |
| Methylprednisolone | 47 | $321 |
| Cefadroxil | 37 | $211 |
| Naproxen | 12 | $180 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $140 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 56 | $121 |
| Prednisone | 21 | $112 |
| Pregabalin | 15 | $73 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Waconia
- Robert LapradeEdina$1.1M
- Jack SkendzelWoodbury$103K
- Ryan FaderEdina$78K
- Christopher LapradeEagan$64K
- Julie DoddsFairmont$61K
- Jeremiah JohnsonEagan$54K
- 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.