Samuel Carlson, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Edina, MNNPI 1184151524
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.9%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Encore Medical, LP at 58.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,861 and has fallen 83.3% since, to $1,310 in 2025.
Across 93 payments — averaging $150.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Encore Medical, LP$8K
- Stryker$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$582
- Osteoremedies, LLC$419
- Smith+Nephew$137
- plus $332 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,50011%
- Travel & lodging$7,29152%
- Food & beverage$5,24837%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Encore Medical, LP | 30 | $8,223 |
| Stryker | 32 | $2,436 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 17 | $1,910 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $582 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 3 | $419 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $137 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Linkbio Corp | 1 | $73 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $23 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$11,099
- Arcos$1,077
- MAKO$447
- ACCOLADE$425
- Remedy Spacer$376
- Remedy Spectrum GV Spacer$362
- Persona$344
- ADAPT$302
- ATTUNE$296
- G7$200
- Taperloc$200
- ROSA$200
- GAMMA$149
- AXSOS$137
- OR3O Dual Mobility$137
- REDAPT$137
- PREVENA$111
- TFN ADVANCED$102
How this compares
Too few adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Minnesotato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 59 | $487 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 93 | $393 |
| Methocarbamol | 63 | $337 |
| Omeprazole | 20 | $116 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 17 | $74 |
| Amoxicillin | 29 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Edina
- Steven RallesEdina$36K
- Mark HellerEdina$702
- Sean RyanRochester$236K
- Charles HannonRochester$225K
- Alexander HysongRochester$21K
- Dennis Vanden BergeBrooklyn Park$18K
- Ryan BaileySaint Cloud$18K
- Miguel CabanelaRochester$17K
- Paul LaffertyBurnsville$12K
- Daniel YouRochester$6K
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.