Orthopaedic Surgery in Wisconsin
498 providers, $28,021,147 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $2,708.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays orthopaedic surgery clinicians in Wisconsin
Across 374 orthopaedic surgery clinicians in Wisconsin who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $36,180,508 in total — an average of $96,739 each, of which $91,902 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Robert ChurchillGrafton$7,656,501
- 2Richard IllgenMadison$6,063,358
- 3Jeffrey McLaughlinOshkosh$1,969,721
- 4Clifford TribusMadison$1,441,697
- 5Thomas ZdeblickMadison$1,063,618
- 6Justin MitchellOnalaska$665,719
- 7Christopher BibboStevens Point$615,383
- 8Robert LimoniAppleton$514,030
- 9Paul AndersonVerona$456,373
- 10Shawn HenniganAppleton$455,383
- 11Michael AndersonGrafton$329,749
- 12Harold SchockGreen Bay$314,187
- 13Rick PapandreaPewaukee$271,483
- 14Jeffrey LawrenceViroqua$262,493
- 15Michael RyanGreen Bay$249,256
- 16Brian NickelMadison$211,437
- 17Joshua LindseyPlatteville$210,448
- 18Bradley BinsfeldLancaster$206,937
- 19Thomas DoersGrafton$205,304
- 20Joseph SchwabMilwaukee$191,419
- 21Stephen RobbinsGlendale$188,609
- 22Navjot KohliMilwaukee$145,013
- 23Mitchell KuhlMadison$141,369
- 24James StoneMilwaukee$140,821
- 25Brandon RebholzAppleton$136,891
- 26Joseph SignorelliAshland$136,502
- 27Timothy MologneAppleton$133,419
- 28William PenningtonFranklin$109,469
- 29Donald HackbarthMilwaukee$105,965
- 30Kenneth NoonanMadison$100,162
- 31Brent CarlsonAltoona$70,203
- 32Benjamin CooperPrairie du Sac$65,344
- 33Robert PriorWauwatosa$62,668
- 34Jeffrey HenstenburgMadison$61,448
- 35Diego VillacisSummit$56,993
- 36Michael DeckerMilwaukee$55,696
- 37Todd DuellmanWisconsin Rapids$54,418
- 38Ryan PizingerFond du Lac$52,852
- 39Christopher DomesMadison$45,904
- 40Daniel LiechtiGreen Bay$45,702
- 41Alan ShamrockGreen Bay$44,460
- 42Alexander StrassmanPlatteville$44,091
- 43Douglas BartelsEau Claire$44,076
- 44Caitlin OrnerMilwaukee$41,824
- 45Brian KurczManitowoc$41,686
- 46Elizabeth NolteMilwaukee$40,994
- 47Rachel MuscottHartford$38,803
- 48Michael ParmanGreen Bay$38,063
- 49Mason Uvodichla Crosse$37,510
- 50Ting ZhangPlatteville$35,594
- 51Darren NaborNeenah$35,462
- 52Nickolas LinkousAppleton$33,766
- 53Ryan ZieglerNeenah$32,682
- 54Sara GalliMadison$31,855
- 55Matthew NiesenColumbus$31,810
- 56Justin CumminsAshland$31,060
- 57Steven CherneyMilwaukee$30,993
- 58Andrew SheeanMadison$30,618
- 59Mick KellyPewaukee$30,304
- 60Robert CagleMarshfield$29,431