Gregory Schmidt, MD
Hand Surgery · Indianapolis, INNPI 1679064182
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,492 of the $7,456 with a category attached, or 60.2%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 27.6% of the total.
Across 73 payments — averaging $102.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$2K
- Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC$2K
- Arthrex$948
- Stryker$493
- Coastal Medical Technologies LLC$441
- Johnson & Johnson$371
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,20116%
- Food & beverage$4,49260%
- Education$1,76424%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 14 | $2,060 |
| Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC | 3 | $1,781 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $948 |
| Stryker | 5 | $493 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 8 | $441 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $371 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $261 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $206 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $182 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $167 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $163 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $132 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $50 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,541
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,105
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,105
- INTEGRA$604
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$529
- Physio-Stim$261
- NA$248
- CellerateRx$163
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$158
- PRIMATRIX$158
- VARIAX$147
- XIAFLEX$142
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$132
- NUGRIP CMC IMPLANT SYSTEM$128
- Ascension$128
- Hat-Trick$128
- AETOS Shoulder System$128
- ALPHAVENT$115
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$100
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$100
How this compares
$7,456 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $148 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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 MerrellIndianapolis$8K
- 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.