Jeffrey Christensen, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Everett, WANPI 1154396901
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $603,424 of the $827,508 with a category attached, or 72.9%. Paragon 28, Inc. accounts for 99.8% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $223,292 and has fallen 77.5% since, to $50,342 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in WA 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 340 payments — averaging $2433.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paragon 28, Inc.$826K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$295
- Stryker$231
- Axogen$150
- Encore Medical, LP$148
- Avita Medical Americas, LLC$145
- plus $382 from 7 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $2725.00 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.
- Paragon 28, Inc.$16K
Across 9 payments — averaging $5555.56 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics LLC$50K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$0
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$146,63918%
- Consulting fees$603,42473%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6950%
- Travel & lodging$63,5698%
- Food & beverage$13,1802%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 323 | $826,157 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $295 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 2 | $231 |
| Axogen | 1 | $150 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $148 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $145 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $129 |
| Abbott | 4 | $84 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
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.
- Portfolio$377,349
- Product Portfolio$317,505
- APEX 3D$20,298
- APEX$2,620
- APEX TAR$1,630
- APEX 3D TAR$1,033
- Additive Orthopedics$1,032
- TAR$876
- APEX 3D Total Ankle System$456
- ACUMED$387
- TMC NANOPLASTY SYSTEM$165
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$150
- Cohealyx$145
- RECELL$145
- PERMEADERM$145
- Lapiplasty System$130
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$127
- INFINITY$104
How this compares
$827,508 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 203 foot & ankle surgery providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 49 | $561 |
| Diclofenac Sodium ErDiclofenac Sodium | 15 | $459 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $108 |
| Amoxicillin | 21 | $12 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Everett
- David DalstromSeattle$491K
- Richard LamourOlympia$87K
- Adam AlbabaSeattle$46K
- Stephen BenirschkeSeattle$45K
- Craig CliffordFederal Way$44K
- Shawn KhademiRenton$43K
- Gregory GrabowskiBellevue$34K
- Jacob McLeodLongview$34K
- Garrett PereskoMorton$31K
- Christopher LotufoVancouver$28K
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.