Sean Karr, MD
Surgery · Fort Wayne, INNPI 1952714263
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 36.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,837 and has fallen 79.9% since, to $769 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 139 payments — averaging $102.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$5K
- Restor3d, Inc.$3K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Medline Industries LP$803
- Johnson & Johnson$745
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,50011%
- Travel & lodging$5,55739%
- Food & beverage$7,13350%
- Gifts$100%
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
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 | 55 | $5,122 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 7 | $3,127 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 10 | $1,986 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 35 | $1,149 |
| Medline Industries LP | 5 | $803 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $745 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $196 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $155 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 3 | $144 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $117 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $113 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $63 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $49 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $42 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| X-spine Systems, 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.
- INFINITY$1,060
- Product Portfolio$853
- STAR$848
- MIDFOOT FUSION$819
- Knees Product Portfolio$735
- PROPHECY$702
- INBONE$440
- PROstep$300
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$255
- FIXOS$235
- BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS$212
- VARIAX$174
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$155
- CADENCE ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$155
- HALLU-LOCK$155
- PANTA NAIL$155
- TOTAL FOOT SYSTEM$155
- HOFFMANN$142
- TFN ADVANCED$124
- DYNACORD$124
How this compares
$14,200 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 524 surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 141 | $912 |
| Cephalexin | 25 | $329 |
| Gabapentin | 49 | $278 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 20 | $199 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 23 | $185 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $94 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 23 | $70 |
| Naproxen | 16 | $56 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Fort Wayne
- Patricia ClarkFort Wayne$82K
- Kingsley OkaiFort Wayne$33K
- Lauren KopickyFort Wayne$33K
- Lisa SchomogyiFort Wayne$22K
- Emanuel NearingFort Wayne$15K
- Michael GrabowskiFort Wayne$14K
- Paul SzotekIndianapolis$2.4M
- Carlos Gonzalez RendonMunster$275K
- Anthony ZappiaCarmel$105K
- Jeremy Luedtkela Porte$102K
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.