Katie Smeltzer, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Kansas City, KSNPI 1881188290
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (46.9%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 83.0% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,832 and has fallen 88.1% since, to $932 in 2025.
Across 46 payments — averaging $403.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$15K
- Pinnacle, Inc$1K
- Stryker$822
- Davol Inc.$144
- UOC USA Inc$121
- Paragon 28, Inc.$108
- plus $748 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$7,50040%
- Food & beverage$2,35713%
- Education$8,70047%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $15,397 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 2 | $1,217 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 16 | $822 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| UOC USA Inc | 1 | $121 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $108 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $93 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $88 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $77 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 1 | $71 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $26 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$144
- MAKO$143
- AXSOS$133
- U2 PF+$121
- EVOS MINI$119
- EVOS$119
- TRIGEN InterTAN$119
- POLARSTEM$109
- SL-PLUS MIA$109
- K-15 PORK$109
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$106
How this compares
$18,557 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $83 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Kansas City
- David AndersonKansas City$490K
- Brandon CarlsonKansas City$299K
- Brent WiseKansas City$97K
- John SchroeppelKansas City$28K
- Mitchell BirtKansas City$26K
- Spencer FalconKansas City$23K
- Bryan VopatKansas City$22K
- Everett WilkinsonKansas City$12K
- Jacob BrubacherKansas City$11K
- Jacob DeisterTopeka$185K
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.