Tyler Sorensen, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Wisconsin Rapids, WINPI 1104310929
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Linvatec Corporation at 30.7% of the total.
Across 96 payments — averaging $173.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linvatec Corporation$5K
- Stryker$4K
- Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC$4K
- Team 1, LLC$1K
- Medline Industries LP$1K
- International Life Sciences$317
- plus $845 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,00048%
- Travel & lodging$2,58616%
- Food & beverage$4,83229%
- Education$1,2007%
- Gifts$460%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linvatec Corporation | 4 | $5,115 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 60 | $4,223 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 5 | $3,825 |
| Team 1, LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Medline Industries LP | 11 | $1,138 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $317 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 2 | $160 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $135 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $123 |
| Novastep Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $68 |
| Dunamis Medical, LLC | 1 | $65 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| True North Surgical Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- BioBrace 23mm$5,115
- MiniLock$3,000
- LapiLock$3,000
- PRIME SERIES$948
- VARIAX$653
- Medline Unite Foot Plating System$567
- ANCHORAGE$505
- EASY CLIP$374
- ASNIS$163
- 4FUSION$147
- PROSTEP MICA$143
- BIOskin$140
- Stimulan$135
- CARTIVA$133
- FIXOS$126
- Anthem$123
- PECAPLASTY$118
- COLINK 2$115
- INFINITY$113
How this compares
$16,664 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 105 foot & ankle 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 72 | $369 |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 58 | $361 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $149 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 48 | $113 |
| Ibuprofen | 37 | $65 |
| IbuIbuprofen | 16 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Wisconsin Rapids
- Mitch HulbertSheboygan$96K
- James WhelanBeloit$51K
- Nikita GramaStevens Point$31K
- Keith AndersonHayward$31K
- Jay ChristensenAppleton$26K
- Jason BurkleMadison$26K
- Hui ZhangOak Creek$25K
- James TorhorstWaupaca$25K
- Todd DerksenAppleton$23K
- Spencer HammackPlatteville$20K
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.