Micah Hobbs
Orthopaedic Surgery · St. Louis, MONPI 1609033521
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (58.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc at 58.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,656 and has fallen 93.5% since, to $239 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MO, where the typical reported total is $4,809.
Across 55 payments — averaging $90.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc$3K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$725
- Stryker$353
- Smith+Nephew$237
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$126
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$101
- plus $517 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$50010%
- Food & beverage$1,55931%
- Other$2,94559%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc | 1 | $2,945 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 7 | $725 |
| Stryker | 10 | $353 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $237 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $101 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $96 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $66 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $66 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $24 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $19 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 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.
How this compares
$5,004 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 455 orthopaedic surgery providers in Missouri.
Other orthopaedic surgery in St. Louis
- Daemeon NicolaouSt. Louis$126K
- Jay PatelSt. Louis$41K
- Matthew SmithColumbia$2.9M
- Jay KeenerSaint Louis$2.2M
- John WatsonSaint Louis$1.7M
- Peter ChalmersSaint Louis$603K
- Katherine BurnsBridgeton$491K
- Jeremy StattonLees Summit$457K
- Lionel MetzSaint Louis$428K
- Michael HellmanLees Summit$365K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.