Lawrence Ward, DO
Orthopaedic Trauma · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1770978629
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,658 of the $4,452 with a category attached, or 82.2%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 46.6% of the total.
Across 49 payments — averaging $90.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$993
- Pinnacle, Inc$800
- Johnson & Johnson$176
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$168
- Avanos Medical$133
- plus $108 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,65882%
- Education$79418%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 26 | $2,075 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $993 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 3 | $800 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $176 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $168 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $133 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $50 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $44 |
| Zimvie 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.
- T2$488
- T2 ALPHA$468
- PANGEA$436
- INTEGRA$419
- MATTA$338
- A.L.P.S.$329
- VARIAX$306
- Persona$280
- Synovasure Alpha Defensin$186
- Biocue$186
- GAMMA$167
- CONEXTIONS TR TENDON REPAIR SYSTEM-IMPLANT MECHANISM$167
- Identity$159
- TAPESTRY$147
- Avitus Bone Harvester$142
- Affixus$142
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$140
- PRIMATRIX$140
- AXSOS$139
- ASNIS$139
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in Minnesotato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 194 | $583 |
| Mupirocin | 44 | $244 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $75 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $54 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $32 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 12 | $30 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Minneapolis
- Gudrun Mirick MuellerMinneapolis$15K
- Gregory StaeheliMinneapolis$8K
- Jay JohnsonEdina$14K
- Robert JacobsSaint Cloud$5K
- Jeffrey GilbertsonMaple Grove$5K
- Robert BullockDuluth$4K
- Eric MeinbergStillwater$4K
- Kimberly JacobsenMaple Grove$3K
- Ryan NielsenMaple Grove$2K
- Benjamin GulliRobbinsdale$136
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.