Harold Ellsworth, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Leawood, KSNPI 1215370648
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.0%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Linkbio Corp accounts for 79.4% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $48,209, more than ten times the $3,209 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KS 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 235 payments — averaging $655.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linkbio Corp$122K
- Titan Surgical Group, LLC$8K
- Arthrex$7K
- Stryker$6K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$2K
- plus $5K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$89,40058%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,7502%
- Travel & lodging$42,36928%
- Food & beverage$8,3115%
- Education$10,1797%
- Gifts$390%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linkbio Corp | 67 | $122,324 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 27 | $8,380 |
| Arthrex | 31 | $6,647 |
| Stryker | 59 | $6,214 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 13 | $3,015 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 9 | $2,309 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $2,189 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $879 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $697 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 3 | $411 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 2 | $244 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $169 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $160 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $144 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $105 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Amgen | 1 | $22 |
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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$4,172
- Integrity implant$2,661
- InSet System$2,003
- DJO SURGICAL$1,394
- DELTA$613
- BioBrace 23mm$346
- INSPACE$168
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$160
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$157
- TACTOSET$147
- X-Twist$147
- VARIAX$145
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$135
- REUNION$108
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID$108
How this compares
$154,050 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 197 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kansas.
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 | 32 | $852 |
| Pregabalin | 41 | $267 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 57 | $162 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $147 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $144 |
| Meloxicam | 50 | $56 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $49 |
| Amoxicillin | 17 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Leawood
- Joshua LockerLeawood$91K
- Jacob StueveLeawood$76K
- Nicholas TingLeawood$23K
- Peter AdamsonLeawood$21K
- Sean BonanniLeawood$15K
- Suhel KotwalLeawood$14K
- Jeffrey McIntoshLeawood$12K
- Christopher PeerLeawood$11K
- John CarlisleLeawood$9K
- David AndersonKansas City$490K
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.