Russell Buttars, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Logan, UTNPI 1043428634
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (46.7%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 50.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,698 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $68 in 2025.
Across 31 payments — averaging $184.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Active Medical, LLC$2K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$744
- Nevro Corp.$67
- Stryker$39
- Solventum Corporation$34
- plus $128 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,66847%
- Food & beverage$64111%
- Education$2,40042%
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 | 13 | $2,870 |
| Active Medical, LLC | 1 | $1,827 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 6 | $744 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $67 |
| Stryker | 1 | $39 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $34 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals 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.
- APEX 3D$347
- Additive Orthopedics$318
How this compares
$5,709 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 104 foot & ankle surgery providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 21 | $428 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $133 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Logan
- Ryan RigbyLogan$975K
- Gregory CookLogan$34K
- Gregory AndersonSalt Lake City$1.6M
- Florian NickischSalt Lake City$474K
- Brian LiljenquistSalt Lake City$263K
- Douglas TooleSalt Lake City$258K
- Francis ClarkWest Jordan$125K
- David SeegmillerSalt Lake City$120K
- Scott ClarkWest Jordan$74K
- Riley RamptonProvidence$49K
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.