Sarah Whittaker
Podiatrist · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1154566396
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $801 of the $888 with a category attached, or 90.2%. Arthrex accounts for 90.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $839 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $20 in 2023.
Across 7 payments — averaging $126.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$801
- Medtronic$20
- Bioventus LLC$16
- Gemini Medical LLC$14
- TEI Medical Inc.$13
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$13
- plus $11 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8710%
- Education$80190%
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 | 1 | $801 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 1 | $14 |
| TEI Medical Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$888 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 105 podiatrist providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonium Lactate | 23 | $413 |
| Ciclopirox | 12 | $205 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $108 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Saint Paul
- Mindy BentonSaint Paul$2K
- Scott JorgensenSaint Paul$1K
- Kenneth AmmonsSaint Paul$1K
- Andrew FischerSaint Paul$562
- Stephen MariashSartell$45K
- Walter EllisSt Cloud$23K
- Lindsey HjelmSartell$18K
- Nathan SandersAlbert Lea$17K
- Grace OuyangMadelia$14K
- Nicholas StaubRichfield$12K
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.