Nicholas Strasser, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1053525238
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 54.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $117,579, more than ten times the $799 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in TN 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 300 payments — averaging $614.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$101K
- Bioventus LLC$45K
- Vilex LLC$17K
- Synthes USA Products LLC$6K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$6K
- Stryker$4K
- plus $5K from 14 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $2284.75 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.
- Stryker$43K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$10,3836%
- Consulting fees$44,65524%
- Speaking & faculty fees$88,30048%
- Travel & lodging$24,91414%
- Food & beverage$8,1344%
- Education$7,8254%
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 | 127 | $100,731 |
| Bioventus LLC | 33 | $44,858 |
| Vilex LLC | 18 | $17,321 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 8 | $6,205 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 28 | $6,145 |
| Stryker | 42 | $3,576 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 6 | $2,043 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 9 | $1,427 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $491 |
| Music City Medical Technologies, LLC | 12 | $477 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 3 | $273 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 3 | $202 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 1 | $112 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $111 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 2 | $83 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $58 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $45 |
| Forma Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$44,692
- Artemis$14,862
- ARTHREX$4,946
- HINTERMANN$2,318
- PROstep$801
- INBONE$755
- STAR$508
- INFINITY$238
- COLINK AFX$147
- 5MS$147
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION$121
- EASYFUSE$118
- DynaNail$112
- MagnetOs$111
How this compares
$184,212 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 381 orthopaedic surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 17 | $114 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 24 | $88 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Nashville
- Jefferson MorrisonNashville$678K
- Gregory PolkowskiNashville$526K
- Matthew WillisNashville$498K
- Michael ChristieNashville$474K
- David DeboerNashville$448K
- Rudolph GlattesNashville$444K
- John MartinNashville$212K
- Jeffrey HodrickNashville$173K
- Brian DierckmanNashville$172K
- Stephen EngstromNashville$149K
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.