Jon Carlson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1508178799
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 46.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $101,434 and has fallen 69.1% since, to $31,295 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MO 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 386 payments — averaging $917.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$165K
- Globus Medical$124K
- Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc.$48K
- Bone Support Inc.$9K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Royal Biologics, Inc.$1K
- plus $6K from 23 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $29,508 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$30K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$164,75047%
- Speaking & faculty fees$139,06139%
- Travel & lodging$39,60511%
- Food & beverage$8,3962%
- Education$2,4001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 103 | $164,745 |
| Globus Medical | 150 | $123,607 |
| Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $47,525 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 5 | $9,031 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 30 | $1,480 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 2 | $1,350 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 25 | $1,250 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 1 | $1,200 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 3 | $1,155 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $712 |
| Smith+Nephew | 16 | $708 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $514 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $271 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 4 | $164 |
| Aap Implants Inc | 1 | $101 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $58 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $43 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| BREG, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Avanos Medical | 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.
- Trochanteric Nail$37,300
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$29,070
- Pelvic Screws$20,300
- Autobahn$18,226
- AOS PRODUCTS$10,072
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$9,000
- CREO$7,375
- A/R Femoral Nail$7,329
- EXCELSIUS$5,788
- REFLECT$5,700
- Ankle Fracture System$4,390
- Clavical Fixation (16-186)$3,480
- Tibial Nail$3,340
- CREO MIS Stabilization System$2,698
- Excelsius Robotics System$1,914
- Excelsius - GPS$1,517
- Anthem$1,183
- Geminus$1,155
- Align$1,155
- IJS$1,155
How this compares
$354,213 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 455 orthopaedic surgery providers in Missouri.
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 | 33 | $357 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $157 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $130 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Saint Louis
- Jay KeenerSaint Louis$2.2M
- John WatsonSaint Louis$1.7M
- Peter ChalmersSaint Louis$603K
- Lionel MetzSaint Louis$428K
- Alexander AleemSaint Louis$230K
- Rhoderic MirkinSaint Louis$209K
- Sridhar PinnamaneniSaint Louis$188K
- Kenneth SmithSaint Louis$119K
- Benjamin ZmistowskiSaint Louis$118K
- David MingesSaint Louis$95K
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.