Garret Wobst, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Aberdeen, SDNPI 1124376389
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (57.2%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medshape, Inc. at 27.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $20,773, 4.0 times the $5,135 reported in 2019. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in SD 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 182 payments — averaging $433.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medshape, Inc.$21K
- Trilliant Surgical LLC.$20K
- Linvatec Corporation$11K
- Smith+Nephew$8K
- Stryker$5K
- Arthrex$4K
- plus $10K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$45,12557%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,60112%
- Travel & lodging$13,68417%
- Food & beverage$5,9888%
- Education$4,5236%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medshape, Inc. | 29 | $21,280 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 23 | $19,890 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 7 | $10,640 |
| Smith+Nephew | 16 | $7,525 |
| Stryker | 53 | $4,956 |
| Arthrex | 17 | $4,349 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 8 | $3,913 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $3,370 |
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 2 | $1,214 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 8 | $583 |
| Novastep Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| RSW Medical Company, Inc. | 5 | $338 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $197 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $115 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $9 |
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.
- DynaNail Helix, Washer, 15 mm$16,340
- DynaNail$8,638
- Arsenal Ankle$8,176
- Cadence$6,445
- QUANTUM$4,945
- BioBrace 23mm$3,880
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$3,200
- PANTA NAIL$3,200
- TOTAL FOOT SYSTEM$3,200
- CADENCE ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$3,200
- Arsenal Sinus Support Plate$3,000
- Arsenal Ankle 10 Hole 1/3 Tubular Plate$3,000
- HERCULES SUTURE ANCHOR SYSTEM$3,000
- CoLink$2,000
- Quantum Total Ankle$1,842
- COLINK PLATING SYSTEM$1,708
- PROstep$1,646
- DynaNail Hybrid$1,478
- INBONE$1,027
- PROPHECY$982
How this compares
$78,920 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 23 foot & ankle surgery providers in South 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 38 | $355 |
| Prednisone | 60 | $240 |
| Meloxicam | 27 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Aberdeen
- James JohnstonAberdeen$10K
- Ruth MoenSioux Falls$14K
- Tyler HarrellBrookings$9K
- Kayla YazhariYankton$6K
- Scott TornessWatertown$5K
- Gabriel RodriguezSioux Falls$5K
- Ryan PrusaBrookings$4K
- Eric WoolleyWatertown$4K
- Jonathan YazhariYankton$4K
- Franklin AlvineSioux Falls$4K
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.