Kevin Christensen, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Salem, UTNPI 1871855197
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (53.7%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 38.8% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $5,401.
Across 67 payments — averaging $86.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Active Medical, LLC$2K
- Stryker$524
- Zimmer Biomet$135
- Vericel Corporation$126
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$68
- plus $483 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,10854%
- Food & beverage$1,48126%
- Education$1,19321%
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 | 17 | $2,242 |
| Active Medical, LLC | 7 | $2,204 |
| Stryker | 9 | $524 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $135 |
| Vericel Corporation | 4 | $126 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $57 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $47 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $39 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $34 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Vertex | 1 | $14 |
| Bioventus LLC | 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.
- MAKO$327
How this compares
$5,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 221 orthopaedic surgery providers in Utah.
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 | 31 | $107 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 24 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Salem
- Hugh WestMurray$14.2M
- Aaron HofmannSalt Lake City$10.7M
- Thomas CaltonWashington Terrace$3.5M
- Jeremy GilillandSalt Lake City$2.9M
- Joshua HickmanBountiful$2.7M
- Robert TashjianSalt Lake City$2.6M
- Jeffrey JacksonSalt Lake City$2.3M
- Peter StevensSlc$2.1M
- Thomas HigginsSalt Lake City$1.2M
- Christopher MartinSalt Lake City$1.2M
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.