David Schall, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Grand Forks, NDNPI 1932170057
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.5%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 33.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,209 and has fallen 67.5% since, to $2,993 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in ND 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 177 payments — averaging $129.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$8K
- Orthalign Inc$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$653
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,70012%
- Travel & lodging$9,11040%
- Food & beverage$10,47046%
- Education$7203%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 88 | $7,804 |
| Orthalign Inc | 10 | $3,254 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 18 | $3,223 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $3,184 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $2,744 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $653 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $399 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $366 |
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 5 | $345 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $243 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $206 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $101 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $101 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $72 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $47 |
| RSW Medical Company, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- MAKO$5,014
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$3,147
- Oxford$1,609
- Oxford-Knees$721
- G7$370
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$318
- TRIATHLON$280
- CellerateRx$280
- Taperloc$254
- Persona$230
- AQUAMANTYS$160
- ATTUNE$150
- ACTIS$147
- ECHO PRESS-FIT HIP SYSTEM$139
- PICO$134
- ARISTA$133
- Legion$131
- mymobility Platform$125
- VA-LCP$120
- TFN-Advance$120
How this compares
$23,000 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 61 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 29 | $105 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $84 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Grand Forks
- Joffrey ThompsonGrand Forks$14K
- Russell LambertGrand Forks$11K
- Andrew ToftoyGrand Forks$9K
- Jessica ShinGrand Forks$9K
- Jeremy GardnerGrand Forks$4K
- Hans JosephGrand Forks$3K
- Robert ClayburghGrand Forks$324
- David RathboneGrand Forks$185
- Erik SletteFargo$39K
- Nicholas O'NeillFargo$36K
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.