Ronald Auer, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lawrenceburg, INNPI 1174848196
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 59 payments — averaging $129.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Legacy Ortho LLC$4K
- Arthrex$2K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$499
- US Implant Solutions, LLC$266
- Johnson & Johnson$137
- Stryker$90
- plus $163 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,95239%
- Food & beverage$2,98339%
- Education$1,71022%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 18 | $4,098 |
| Arthrex | 19 | $2,394 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 4 | $499 |
| US Implant Solutions, LLC | 1 | $266 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $137 |
| Stryker | 4 | $90 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $70 |
| Merck | 1 | $28 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- GMK SPHERE$282
- AMISTEM$170
- ARTHREX$138
How this compares
$7,646 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 400 orthopaedic surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 244 | $2,437 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 150 | $1,212 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 255 | $1,083 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 223 | $912 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 40 | $826 |
| Meloxicam | 451 | $815 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $148 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $32 |
| Cephalexin | 21 | $31 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lawrenceburg
- Frank KolisekGreenwood$7.6M
- David FisherIndianapolis$5.9M
- Michael BerendIndianapolis$4.1M
- John WilliamsFort Wayne$2.7M
- Alan McGeeFort Wayne$2.3M
- Sanford KunkelIndianapolis$1.9M
- Hill HastingsIndianapolis$1.6M
- Mark KlaassenElkhart$1.4M
- Micah SmithFort Wayne$1.2M
- Lindsey RolstonNew Castle$1.2M
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.