Eric Erickson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Appleton, WINPI 1134151335
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 40 payments — averaging $225.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Great Lakes Orthopedics$7K
- Arthrex$2K
- Carbofix Orthopedics Inc$97
- True North Surgical Inc$20
- Smith+Nephew$13
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,69519%
- Food & beverage$1,38115%
- Education$5,93466%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 8 | $6,557 |
| Arthrex | 28 | $2,322 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $97 |
| True North Surgical Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$9,010 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 498 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 32 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Appleton
- Robert LimoniAppleton$526K
- Shawn HenniganAppleton$455K
- Brandon RebholzAppleton$137K
- Timothy MologneAppleton$133K
- Nickolas LinkousAppleton$34K
- Robert ChurchillGrafton$8.3M
- Richard IllgenMadison$6.1M
- Jeffrey McLaughlinOshkosh$2M
- Clifford TribusMadison$1.4M
- Thomas ZdeblickMadison$1.1M
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.