Jeffrey Klassen, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Crosby, MNNPI 1114951738
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (48.8%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Steris Corporation at 30.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $8,272 and has fallen 81.3% since, to $1,545 in 2025.
Across 78 payments — averaging $198.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Steris Corporation$5K
- Arthrex$5K
- Foundation Medical, LLC$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Gemini Medical LLC$1K
- Stryker$373
- plus $632 from 6 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $9266.87 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.
- Arthrex$65K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,50023%
- Travel & lodging$7,56749%
- Food & beverage$3,25121%
- Education$1,2008%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Steris Corporation | 2 | $4,770 |
| Arthrex | 20 | $4,588 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 14 | $2,233 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $1,476 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 10 | $1,446 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 6 | $373 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $214 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $176 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $116 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $40 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
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.
How this compares
$15,518 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 533 orthopaedic surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 surgery in Crosby
- Erik SeversonCrosby$96K
- James StokmanCrosby$90K
- Daniel BerryRochester$21.5M
- Mark PagnanoRochester$14.8M
- Robert TrousdaleRochester$12.2M
- John SperlingRochester$12.2M
- Shawn O'DriscollRochester$10.5M
- Bryan Den HartogStillwater$9M
- Joseph NesslerSartell$8.6M
- David LewallenRochester$8M
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.