Paul Lunseth
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lutz, FLNPI 1487635652
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,237 of the $4,524 with a category attached, or 71.6%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 36.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,607 and has fallen 90.6% since, to $245 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $5,564.
Across 32 payments — averaging $141.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$2K
- Biogen$1K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- Argenx US, Inc.$245
- Pfizer$44
Across 107 payments — averaging $19,480 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.
- Novartis$1M
- Eli Lilly$309K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$284K
- Amgen$239K
- Pfizer$196K
- GSK$17K
- plus $32K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,23772%
- Food & beverage$1,28728%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 11 | $1,628 |
| Biogen | 10 | $1,379 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $1,228 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 4 | $245 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $44 |
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.
- VYVGART HYTRULO$135
How this compares
$4,524 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lutz
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
- Bryan SpringerJacksonville$6.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.