Thomas Nordquist, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Minot, NDNPI 1023470754
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (40.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 36.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $10,049 and has fallen 95.0% since, to $500 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in ND 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 188 payments — averaging $120.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$8K
- Merete Technologies, Inc$5K
- Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC$3K
- Sioux Surgical Inc$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$1K
- plus $4K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,05031%
- Travel & lodging$6,31428%
- Food & beverage$9,20541%
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 | 88 | $8,242 |
| Merete Technologies, Inc | 4 | $4,950 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 5 | $2,506 |
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 5 | $1,160 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 13 | $1,045 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 4 | $1,001 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $453 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $328 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 11 | $295 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $263 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $250 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 3 | $225 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 2 | $192 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $177 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 1 | $170 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 7 | $163 |
| Medline Industries LP | 2 | $123 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $114 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 2 | $110 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $108 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Axogen | 4 | $68 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Amgen | 2 | $26 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 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.
- HOFFMANN$2,758
- NEOX$888
- CLARIX$888
- T2 ALPHA$887
- VARIAX$826
- STAR$814
- Trabecular Metal (TM) Ankle$603
- T2$409
- Physio-Stim$397
- INBONE$368
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$299
- Kerecis Omega3 Surgibind$299
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$299
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$299
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$289
- MINIRAIL$170
- ICONIX$169
- OMEGA$169
- BIOSTEON INTERFERENCE SCREWS$169
- BIOSTEON INTRALINE$169
How this compares
$22,569 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 23 foot & ankle surgery providers in North Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Minot
- Aaron AlbersMinot$8K
- Roger RaczMinot$5K
- Devin TowsonMinot$752
- Timothy UglemFargo$18K
- Robert RenschlerFargo$17K
- Rachael RenschlerJamestown$17K
- Yashraj ChauhanGrand Forks$16K
- John NaughtonFargo$15K
- Kevin KoesterBismarck$10K
- Richard ArnessFargo$8K
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.