Meghan Arnold
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1679887855
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (34.7%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Elite Orthopedics, LLC at 27.3% of the total.
Across 177 payments — averaging $99.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$5K
- Maxx Health Inc$5K
- Stryker$4K
- Arthrex$2K
- Kerecis Limited$492
- In2bones USA, LLC$190
- plus $1K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,20018%
- Travel & lodging$2,67515%
- Food & beverage$6,10435%
- Education$5,62332%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 16 | $4,809 |
| Maxx Health Inc | 4 | $4,594 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 92 | $4,340 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $2,093 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $492 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 2 | $190 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $138 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $115 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 7 | $88 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Ossio Inc | 2 | $66 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $64 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $60 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $55 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $53 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $50 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $29 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $18 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $17 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Summa Ortho Optossol Compression Device$4,486
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$1,025
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$921
- AXSOS$804
- VARIAX$804
- HOFFMANN$804
- GAMMA$804
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$342
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$342
- N/A$287
- Viaflow$174
- Summa Ortho Cannulated Screw$152
- Summa Ortho Foot$108
- CITREFIX$106
- BIOskin$105
How this compares
$17,602 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 163 foot & ankle surgery providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 70 | $1,356 |
| Celecoxib | 14 | $559 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 28 | $385 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $318 |
| Methylprednisolone | 34 | $251 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 24 | $228 |
| Meloxicam | 105 | $205 |
| Cephalexin | 21 | $187 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 20 | $181 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $144 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $100 |
| Prednisone | 30 | $92 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $68 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $67 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 11 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Saint Louis
- Jeremy McCormickSaint Louis$1.5M
- Jeffrey JohnsonSaint Louis$944K
- Raymond AbdoSaint Louis$251K
- Vincent SollecitoSaint Louis$221K
- John HoltzmanSaint Louis$129K
- Jesse WolfeSaint Louis$89K
- Seth AndersonSaint Louis$45K
- Kelly HynesSaint Louis$34K
- Lindsay BarthSaint Louis$30K
- Andrew ThomeSaint Louis$24K
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.