Mark Linzer, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Hanover, MDNPI 1083978282
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (40.0%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 45.2% of the total. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 119 payments — averaging $175.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$9K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$3K
- Stryker$1K
- Flower Orthopedics Coporation$959
- Zimmer Biomet$282
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,75018%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,00010%
- Travel & lodging$2,21611%
- Food & beverage$4,54422%
- Education$8,34740%
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 | 27 | $9,434 |
| Smith+Nephew | 14 | $4,898 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 13 | $2,975 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 26 | $1,134 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 11 | $959 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $282 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $182 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 1 | $154 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 4 | $146 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| RMR Ortho Inc | 1 | $132 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $119 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $69 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $2 |
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.
- Spider$3,750
- BIO4$147
- A'TOMIC$132
- STAR$118
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$106
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION OTHER$105
How this compares
$20,858 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 182 foot & ankle surgery providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 44 | $1,174 |
| Linezolid | 13 | $610 |
| Meloxicam | 56 | $227 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 36 | $158 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $88 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $85 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Hanover
- Lew SchonBaltimore$752K
- Stuart MillerBaltimore$583K
- Mark SpierGlen Burnie$400K
- Patrick MaloneyBaltimore$262K
- Jeffrey BrodieTowson$240K
- Gregory GuytonBaltimore$216K
- Hummira AbawiColumbia$123K
- Eric HarmelinAnnapolis$118K
- Donald HarrisonPasadena$112K
- Clifford JengBaltimore$74K
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.