William Runge, MD
Hand Surgery · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1114451275
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $33,000 of the $50,353 with a category attached, or 65.5%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 49.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $32,877 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $1,000 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in CO 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 38 payments — averaging $1325.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$25K
- Arthrex$20K
- Encore Medical, LP$3K
- Axogen$448
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$399
- Stryker$338
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5003%
- Grants$33,00066%
- Travel & lodging$1,2502%
- Food & beverage$2,0324%
- Education$12,50025%
- Other$710%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $25,000 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $20,000 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 4 | $3,000 |
| Axogen | 10 | $448 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 3 | $399 |
| Stryker | 4 | $338 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $190 |
| Alliance Medical | 3 | $171 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $134 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $108 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $71 |
| Solventum Corporation | 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.
- DJO SURGICAL$4,500
- Geminus$357
- Align$357
- IJS$357
- Implate$357
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$155
- EXT-Hand Fusion$134
- ULTRAGUIDECTR$126
- ULTRAGUIDETFR$126
- LCP$125
- XIAFLEX$114
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$112
How this compares
$50,353 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 72 hand surgery providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 27 | $135 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $110 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $104 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Colorado Springs
- Steven TopperColorado Springs$158K
- Ky KobayashiColorado Springs$16K
- Karl LarsenColorado Springs$8K
- Chance HendersonColorado Springs$5K
- Patrick DevannyColorado Springs$3K
- Timothy HartColorado Springs$1K
- Augusta KlukColorado Springs$752
- Jeffry WatsonColorado Springs$716
- Fraser LeversedgeAurora$326K
- In YiLonetree$232K
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.