Scott Murch, MD
Hand Surgery · Wausau, WINPI 1013173384
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,885 of the $2,572 with a category attached, or 73.3%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 35.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,268 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $47 in 2025.
Across 30 payments — averaging $85.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$909
- Great Lakes Orthopedics$714
- Arthrex$682
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$58
- Pfizer$45
- Baxter Healthcare$31
- plus $133 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,88573%
- Food & beverage$68727%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $909 |
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 2 | $714 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $682 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $58 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $45 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $31 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| BD | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $2 |
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
$2,572 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 43 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 30 | $197 |
| Mupirocin | 27 | $175 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Wausau
- Dominic Gomez-LeonardelliWausau$6K
- Wayne BrearleyWausau$472
- Emily MorganWausau$93
- Steven GrindelMilwaukee$21K
- Josef TofteMadison$16K
- Gonzalo BarinagaWauwatosa$16K
- Joanie ColumbiaGreen Bay$10K
- Frank WalterWisconsin Rapids$9K
- Anthony LogiudiceMilwaukee$9K
- Tierney GrosskopfAppleton$9K
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.