Nicholas Mansuetta
Orthopaedic Surgery · Kearney, NENPI 1013069897
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,151 of the $1,835 with a category attached, or 62.7%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 43.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $996 and has fallen 96.1% since, to $39 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NE, where the typical reported total is $3,006.
Across 53 payments — averaging $34.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$795
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$248
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$102
- Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC$82
- RSW Medical Company, Inc.$66
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$58
- plus $483 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$68537%
- Food & beverage$1,15163%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 11 | $795 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $248 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $102 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 4 | $82 |
| RSW Medical Company, Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $56 |
| Amgen | 4 | $50 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $48 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $36 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $26 |
| Merck | 2 | $25 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $24 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $23 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| GSK | 1 | $14 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 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
$1,835 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 155 orthopaedic surgery providers in Nebraska.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Kearney
- Heber CrockettKearney$4.2M
- John WrightKearney$1.2M
- David HuebnerKearney$131K
- James MahalekKearney$11K
- Dennis McGowanKearney$11K
- Chris WilkinsonKearney$7K
- Patrick HarrisonKearney$6K
- Ryan DeblisKearney$5K
- Todd SekundiakElkhorn$7.3M
- Edward FehringerOmaha$2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.