Dayton Opel, MD
Hand Surgery · Platteville, WINPI 1154664100
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (36.7%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. at 24.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,955 and has fallen 90.2% since, to $583 in 2025.
Across 45 payments — averaging $184.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc.$2K
- Axogen$2K
- Enduromed, LLC$1K
- Encore Medical, LP$1K
- Stryker$902
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$330
- plus $786 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,90435%
- Food & beverage$3,04137%
- Education$2,34328%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $2,041 |
| Axogen | 3 | $1,621 |
| Enduromed, LLC | 3 | $1,390 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 9 | $1,219 |
| Stryker | 13 | $902 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $330 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $295 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $121 |
| Amgen | 1 | $96 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $30 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $29 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $18 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,621
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,621
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$576
- VARIAX$287
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$279
- PANGEA$146
- T2 ALPHA$146
- GAMMA$146
- B/F Shoulder$125
- APTUS$122
- Comprehensive Primary Stem$107
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$101
How this compares
$8,287 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 43 hand surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 31 | $238 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 14 | $208 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $207 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 54 | $158 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Platteville
- Steven GrindelMilwaukee$21K
- Josef TofteMadison$16K
- Gonzalo BarinagaWauwatosa$16K
- Joanie ColumbiaGreen Bay$10K
- Frank WalterWisconsin Rapids$9K
- Anthony LogiudiceMilwaukee$9K
- Tierney GrosskopfAppleton$9K
- David MeisterGlendale$8K
- Dominic Gomez-LeonardelliWausau$6K
- James HeaberlinWauwatosa$6K
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.