RxDoctor Payments Data

Scott Holthusen, MD

Foot and Ankle Surgery · Waconia, MNNPI 1093924276

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,368 of the $2,153 with a category attached, or 63.5%. Paragon 28, Inc. accounts for 64.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,331, more than ten times the $12 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for foot and ankle surgery clinicians in MN, where the typical reported total is $2,836.

$2,153in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 25 payments — averaging $86.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Paragon 28, Inc.$1K
  • Stryker$375
  • Arthrex$292
  • Smith+Nephew$26
  • Integra Lifesciences Corporation$23
  • Bioventus LLC$17
  • plus $30 from 2 others
$62,720in ownership & investment interests, 2019–2025

Across 6 payments — averaging $10,453 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.

  • Responsive Arthroscopy Inc$63K

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$78536%
  • Food & beverage$1,36864%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Paragon 28, Inc.12$1,389
Stryker4$375
Arthrex2$292
Smith+Nephew2$26
Integra Lifesciences Corporation2$23
Bioventus LLC1$17
Foundation Medical, LLC1$16
Restor3d, Inc.1$13

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.

How this compares

$2,153 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 102 foot and ankle surgery providers in Minnesota.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$81,894
Medicare patients
229
Services billed
1,445

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen30$146
Methylprednisolone13$87
Cephalexin23$60

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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