Gudrun Mirick Mueller, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1700041241
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.8%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 32.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,509 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $324 in 2025.
Across 57 payments — averaging $256.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$5K
- Synthes GmbH$3K
- Arthrex$2K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Gemini Medical LLC$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$181
- plus $277 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,75012%
- Travel & lodging$6,39344%
- Food & beverage$3,87427%
- Education$2,58118%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 26 | $4,805 |
| Synthes GmbH | 5 | $3,455 |
| Arthrex | 6 | $2,159 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $2,085 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 4 | $1,635 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $181 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $144 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
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.
- GAMMA$2,059
- PRO$1,867
- EVOS$1,822
- TRIGEN$1,279
- INTEGRA$432
- ADAPT$152
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$144
- PRIMATRIX$144
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$128
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$115
- TRIGEN InterTAN$104
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in Minnesotato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 orthopaedic trauma in Minneapolis
- Gregory StaeheliMinneapolis$8K
- Lawrence WardMinneapolis$4K
- Jay JohnsonEdina$14K
- Robert JacobsSaint Cloud$5K
- Jeffrey GilbertsonMaple Grove$5K
- Robert BullockDuluth$4K
- Eric MeinbergStillwater$4K
- Kimberly JacobsenMaple Grove$3K
- Ryan NielsenMaple Grove$2K
- Benjamin GulliRobbinsdale$136
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.