RxDoctor Payments Data

Lance Rettig, MD

Hand Surgery · Carmel, INNPI 1205889276

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 13 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 38.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $288 and has fallen 89.4% since, to $31 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $2,034.

$787in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 13 payments — averaging $60.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Stryker$302
  • Axogen$180
  • Exsomed Corporation$100
  • Encore Medical, LP$86
  • Tenex Health Inc.$33
  • Trice Medical, Inc.$33
  • plus $53 from 2 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$787100%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Stryker6$302
Axogen1$180
Exsomed Corporation1$100
Encore Medical, LP1$86
Tenex Health Inc.1$33
Trice Medical, Inc.1$33
Johnson & Johnson1$31
Orthofix Medical, Inc.1$22

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

$787 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 60 hand surgery providers in Indiana.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$159,645
Medicare patients
347
Services billed
1,898

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen82$509
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen44$285
Gabapentin35$172
Cephalexin21$163
Methylprednisolone11$85
Tramadol Hcl29$64
Meloxicam30$43

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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