Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

LAUREN A PROTZER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1245762814
CMS profile
8803466
Location
LOUISVILLE, KY

General Payments · PY2020–2024

$7,636.95

  • Reported across 56 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,198.83

12 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $719.35 11
Travel and Lodging $479.48 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $230.89 4
PY2022 $2,628.60 6
PY2023 $3,578.63 34
PY2024 $1,198.83 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 202020222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Baxter Healthcare $103.30 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120629250 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $24.41 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077848233 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $119.70 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151251868 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $30.24 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149617425 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $22.91 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149617423 CMS
Stryker Corporation $479.48 02/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119949980 CMS
Stryker Corporation $6.91 03/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119949982 CMS
Stryker Corporation $96.10 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119949984 CMS
Stryker Corporation $35.77 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119949986 CMS
Stryker Corporation $107.27 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119949988 CMS
Stryker Corporation $100.15 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119949990 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $72.59 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155050052 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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