Christopher Wagener
Orthopaedic Surgery · Bethlehem, PANPI 1669489829
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.9%), royalties or licence payments and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Corelink, LLC at 34.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $75,700 and has fallen 70.4% since, to $22,417 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in PA 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 119 payments — averaging $1685.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corelink, LLC$69K
- Zimvie Inc.$47K
- Zimmer Biomet$29K
- Spine Wave, Inc.$23K
- Ulrich Medical USA, Inc.$22K
- Highridge Medical LLC$11K
- plus $127 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$88,18644%
- Consulting fees$96,15548%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,3631%
- Travel & lodging$10,5895%
- Food & beverage$4,1792%
- Gifts$1000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corelink, LLC | 53 | $69,425 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 11 | $46,661 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 25 | $28,525 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 13 | $22,833 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 4 | $21,900 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 6 | $11,101 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $106 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
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.
- TrellOss-C SA$57,659
- Timberline$20,916
- EXCEED BIPLANAR EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$18,152
- TriCor$13,650
- Cypher Mis Screw System$13,650
- Walter$13,650
- ProLift Expandable TLIF$13,650
- Alpine XC$6,769
- Spinal Implants$2,500
- TrellOss$375
- Mobi-C$103
How this compares
$200,573 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,048 orthopaedic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Bethlehem
- Gregory CarolanBethlehem$165K
- William HozackBensalem$10.6M
- Jess LonnerBryn Mawr$7.8M
- Gerald WilliamsBryn Mawr$6.8M
- Mark LazarusBensalem$6.4M
- John FenlinPhiladelphia$5.9M
- Peter SharkeyKing Of Prussia$5.7M
- Alexander VaccaroPhiladelphia$4.5M
- Selene ParekhBensalem$4.5M
- Joseph AbboudPhiladelphia$3.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.