Michael Stuart
Orthopaedic Surgery · Rochester, MNNPI 1215916267
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $984,677 of the $1,138,562 with a category attached, or 86.5%. Arthrex accounts for 98.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 247 payments — averaging $4609.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$1.1M
- Smith+Nephew$12K
- Stryker$1K
- Gemini Medical LLC$230
- Johnson & Johnson$210
- Foundation Medical, LLC$114
Across 14 payments — averaging $17,846 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Arthrex$190K
- Stryker$59K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$984,67786%
- Consulting fees$29,6963%
- Speaking & faculty fees$95,5098%
- Grants$5,9381%
- Travel & lodging$12,4811%
- Food & beverage$3,7620%
- Education$6,5001%
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 | 229 | $1,125,069 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $11,888 |
| Stryker | 6 | $1,050 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 5 | $230 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $210 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 1 | $114 |
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.
- ARTHREX$3,906,832
- KNEE & HIP INSTRUMENTS MENISCAL REPAIR MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR$191,679
- KNEE & HIP IMPLANTS MENISCAL REPAIR MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR$175,193
- KNEE & HIP INSTRUMENTS MENISCAL REPAIR ZONE NAVIGATOR$157,583
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HAND & WRIST DISTAL RADIUS$149,867
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS KNEE ARTHROPLASTY TOTAL KNEE$116,996
- AR-1610H$59,906
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY TOTAL KNEE$41,463
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS TRAUMA DISTAL RADIUS$41,463
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS KNEE & HIP ARTHROPLASTY TOTAL KNEE$36,536
- KNEE & HIP INSTRUMENTS REUSABLE INSTRUMENTS PCL$33,746
- ARTHROPLASTY INSTRUMENTS KNEE & HIP ARTHROPLASTY TOTAL KNEE$16,136
- TRAUMA$585
- GAMMA$324
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$267
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$154
- AXSOS$154
- VARIAX$154
- HOFFMANN$154
- VA-LCP$125
How this compares
$1,138,562 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 533 orthopaedic surgery providers in Minnesota.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Rochester
- Daniel BerryRochester$21.5M
- Mark PagnanoRochester$14.8M
- Robert TrousdaleRochester$12.2M
- John SperlingRochester$12.2M
- Shawn O'DriscollRochester$10.5M
- David LewallenRochester$8M
- Rafael SierraRochester$4.9M
- Joaquin Sanchez-SoteloRochester$4M
- Michael TauntonRochester$3.5M
- Arlen HanssenRochester$3.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.