Gregory Merrell, MD
Hand Surgery · Indianapolis, INNPI 1679502165
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,971 of the $7,971 with a category attached, or 62.4%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medshape, Inc. at 37.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,567 and has fallen 77.2% since, to $812 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $132.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medshape, Inc.$3K
- Stryker$560
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$482
- Trice Medical, Inc.$410
- Axogen$407
- Encore Medical, LP$363
- plus $3K from 18 others
Across 36 payments — averaging $6085.85 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Synthes USA Products LLC$86K
- Axogen$83K
- Stryker$51K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,00038%
- Food & beverage$4,97162%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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. | 2 | $3,000 |
| Stryker | 6 | $560 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $482 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 3 | $410 |
| Axogen | 4 | $407 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 4 | $363 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $357 |
| Medartis Inc. | 5 | $347 |
| Acumed LLC | 4 | $240 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $219 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $218 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $174 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $163 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $163 |
| Biocircuit Technologies Inc | 1 | $144 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $117 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $97 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $84 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $57 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $38 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- MedShape DynaClip$3,000
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$650
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$264
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$255
- APTUS$214
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$163
- Persona$142
- AETOS Shoulder System$133
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$133
- AMNIOEXCEL$133
- IDRT$133
- FLOWABLE$133
- INTEGRA MESHED BILAYER WOUND MATRIX$122
- PRIMATRIX$122
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$122
- INTEGRA FLOWABLE WOUND MATRIX$122
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$117
- ALPHAVENT$115
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$115
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$115
How this compares
$7,971 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 60 hand surgery providers in Indiana.
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.
Other hand surgery in Indianapolis
- Brandon SmetanaIndianapolis$136K
- Jeffrey GreenbergIndianapolis$121K
- Reed HoyerIndianapolis$110K
- Nicholas CrosbyIndianapolis$18K
- Kathryn PeckIndianapolis$11K
- Sameer PuriIndianapolis$11K
- Emily JewellIndianapolis$10K
- Robert LinkIndianapolis$10K
- Gregory SchmidtIndianapolis$7K
- Richard MakowiecIndianapolis$7K
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.