Ryan Pizinger, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fond du Lac, WINPI 1255438735
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (41.4%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Anika Therapeutics, Inc. at 34.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $20,008 and has fallen 73.9% since, to $5,215 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 198 payments — averaging $266.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$18K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$12K
- Arthrex$6K
- Medwest Associates$5K
- Stryker$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- plus $6K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,60028%
- Travel & lodging$21,86841%
- Food & beverage$10,76820%
- Education$5,61611%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 31 | $18,082 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 5 | $12,175 |
| Arthrex | 40 | $5,692 |
| Medwest Associates | 14 | $5,079 |
| Stryker | 26 | $3,083 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $2,781 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 13 | $853 |
| Imbed Biosciences Inc. | 11 | $612 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $512 |
| Microaire Surgical Instruments LLC | 1 | $500 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 5 | $460 |
| True North Surgical Inc | 4 | $455 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 5 | $383 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $382 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 4 | $309 |
| Prism Medical | 2 | $195 |
| UOC USA Inc | 4 | $183 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $148 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $142 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $138 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $136 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $124 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $86 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Intellijoint Surgical Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $18 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Abbott | 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.
- TACTOSET$16,312
- GMK SPHERE$9,133
- GMK$2,901
- ATTUNE$2,724
- HemiCAP$1,158
- INSPACE$761
- SMART RELEASE$500
- CellerateRx$449
- NA$344
- PANGEA$282
- MAKO$279
- SALVATION$277
- AccuFill$254
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$247
- AETOS Shoulder System$149
- Checkpoint Stimulators$148
- Juggerknot-Sports Medicine$146
- Journey II BCS$146
- HemiCAP Patella-Femoral$142
- Tactoset Hip Registry Place Holder$140
How this compares
$52,852 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 498 orthopaedic surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 66 | $34,761 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 15 | $1,234 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 140 | $1,184 |
| Celecoxib | 24 | $896 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 47 | $394 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 36 | $327 |
| Meloxicam | 25 | $257 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 41 | $163 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $119 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $73 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 25 | $67 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Fond du Lac
- Robert ChurchillGrafton$7.7M
- Richard IllgenMadison$6.1M
- Jeffrey McLaughlinOshkosh$2M
- Clifford TribusMadison$1.4M
- Thomas ZdeblickMadison$1.1M
- Justin MitchellOnalaska$666K
- Christopher BibboStevens Point$615K
- Robert LimoniAppleton$514K
- Paul AndersonVerona$456K
- Shawn HenniganAppleton$455K
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.