Erik Slette, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fargo, NDNPI 1134610132
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $23,750 of the $39,448 with a category attached, or 60.2%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 52.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $24,950 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $323 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 73 payments — averaging $540.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$21K
- Arthrex$16K
- Stryker$1K
- Ossur Americas, Inc.$334
- Johnson & Johnson$294
- Sioux Surgical Inc$245
- plus $140 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$23,75060%
- Travel & lodging$3,6549%
- Food & beverage$3,2948%
- Education$8,75022%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 17 | $20,547 |
| Arthrex | 19 | $16,398 |
| Stryker | 19 | $1,490 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 3 | $334 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $294 |
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 6 | $245 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $61 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 1 | $24 |
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.
- MICRORAPTOR$3,848
- Healicoil$2,533
- Q-FIX$1,350
- Ultrabraid$1,001
- FAST-FIX$923
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$923
- SALVATION$493
- MAKO$338
- Miami J$258
- SPATIAL FRAME$174
- ALPHAVENT$174
- TFN-Advance$144
- ATTUNE$129
How this compares
$39,448 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 16 | $400 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Fargo
- Nicholas O'NeillFargo$36K
- Jason KellyFargo$9K
- Parth VyasFargo$9K
- Razvan NicolescuFargo$8K
- Brandon FisherFargo$8K
- Anthony BrownFargo$7K
- Kevin DahlFargo$7K
- Michael WhiteFargo$6K
- John HaggartFargo$6K
- Gary MatthysFargo$5K
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.