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

BRYAN LEE CHRISTENSEN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1730279654
CMS profile
412385
Location
COLUMBIA, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,131.78

  • Reported across 55 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,119.19

18 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 $842.43 17
Travel and Lodging $276.76 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $638.74 6
Vericel Corporation $139.45 2
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $94.38 3
Kerecis Limited $62.63 2
Stryker Corporation $62.08 1
Peerless Surgical Inc. $42.38 1
MEDACTA USA, INC. $37.25 1
Sanara MedTech Inc. $24.58 1
BSN Medical Inc $17.70 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $53.05 4
PY2019 $109.42 6
PY2020 $42.66 2
PY2021 $77.28 3
PY2022 $341.63 7
PY2023 $388.55 15
PY2024 $1,119.19 18

Payment records · PY2024 (18)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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
BSN Medical Inc $17.70 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123332988 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $15.80 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077887816 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $34.44 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077887822 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $44.14 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077887880 CMS
Kerecis Limited $44.56 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120092185 CMS
Kerecis Limited $18.07 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120107193 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $37.25 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143693852 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $42.38 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125526623 CMS
Sanara MedTech Inc. $24.58 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154921978 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $118.86 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149555390 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $94.09 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149555388 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $12.86 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149555384 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $122.79 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149555392 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $276.76 06/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149555394 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $13.38 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149555386 CMS
Stryker Corporation $62.08 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119799077 CMS
Vericel Corporation $14.45 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128572918 CMS
Vericel Corporation $125.00 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128572920 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
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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