Scott Luhmann
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1548286859
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,942,261 of the $2,157,527 with a category attached, or 90.0%. Stryker accounts for 76.3% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $393,394 and has fallen 83.0% since, to $66,875 in 2025. Among pediatric orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 299 payments — averaging $7215.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1.6M
- Medtronic$261K
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$245K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Wishbone Medical Inc.$300
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$238
- plus $364 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,942,26190%
- Consulting fees$171,4258%
- Speaking & faculty fees$23,4501%
- Travel & lodging$14,8551%
- Food & beverage$5,5360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 62 | $1,645,713 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 40 | $261,415 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 161 | $245,443 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 27 | $4,054 |
| Wishbone Medical Inc. | 1 | $300 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $238 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $112 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $101 |
| Nview Medical, Inc | 1 | $78 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $72 |
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.
- SERRATO$1,638,761
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$159,780
- CD HORIZON$100,932
- Orthopediatric Implants$14,028
- EVEREST$8,000
- MESA RAIL$8,000
- Growing Rod$6,375
- MESA$4,778
- Response Spine$4,500
- XIA$2,625
- OP RESPONSE SPINE SYSTEM$1,750
- CREO$1,035
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$995
- ALTERA$940
- Neuromuscular$750
- Spine$704
- SURPASS$500
- REVERE 6.35 Deformity$382
- Multitom Rax$238
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$164
How this compares
$2,157,527 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 28 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Missouri.
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Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Saint Louis
- Joe GordonSaint Louis$1M
- Jeffrey NeppleSaint Louis$177K
- Brian KellySaint Louis$17K
- Shaun ConleySaint Louis$15K
- Adam NasreddineSaint Louis$13K
- Blake MontgomerySaint Louis$8K
- David AndersonSaint Louis$4K
- Matthew HooperSaint Louis$3K
- Dustin BakerSaint Louis$3K
- Cody SandersonSaint Louis$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.