Dr. Nels Leafblad, MD

NPI: 1457715955
Total Payments
$13,831
2024 Payments
$868.46
Companies
6
Transactions
71
Medicare Patients
170
Medicare Billing
$11,162

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$7,400 (53.5%)
Travel$3,762 (27.2%)
Food & Beverage$2,669 (19.3%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $7,400 4 53.5%
Travel and Lodging $3,762 13 27.2%
Food and Beverage $2,669 54 19.3%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $5,055 3 $0 (2022)
Foundation Medical, Llc $3,440 20 $0 (2024)
Arthrex, Inc. $3,177 23 $0 (2023)
Stryker Corporation $2,084 21 $0 (2024)
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $52.24 3 $0 (2022)
Vericel Corporation $22.88 1 $0 (2021)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $868.46 10 Stryker Corporation ($678.57)
2023 $1,957 32 Arthrex, Inc. ($1,200)
2022 $7,522 16 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($2,555)
2021 $3,035 6 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($2,500)
2020 $203.76 2 Stryker Corporation ($203.76)
2019 $146.15 1 Stryker Corporation ($146.15)
2018 $98.31 4 Stryker Corporation ($62.55)

All Payment Transactions

71 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
10/18/2024 Foundation Medical, Llc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $48.10 General
08/16/2024 Foundation Medical, Llc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $98.42 General
07/30/2024 Foundation Medical, Llc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $43.37 General
03/20/2024 Stryker Corporation INSIGNIA (Device), TRIATHLON, MAKO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.54 General
Category: JOINT REPLACEMENT HIPS, KNEES
03/08/2024 Stryker Corporation SALVATION (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $220.54 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
02/24/2024 Stryker Corporation SALVATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $31.24 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
02/24/2024 Stryker Corporation SALVATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.87 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
02/24/2024 Stryker Corporation SALVATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.00 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
02/16/2024 Stryker Corporation SALVATION (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $40.04 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
02/07/2024 Stryker Corporation SALVATION (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $329.34 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
11/28/2023 Foundation Medical, Llc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.63 General
10/06/2023 Foundation Medical, Llc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $42.45 General
10/06/2023 Foundation Medical, Llc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.41 General
09/30/2023 Foundation Medical, Llc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $193.41 General
09/28/2023 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.67 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
05/04/2023 Foundation Medical, Llc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.78 General
03/09/2023 Foundation Medical, Llc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.33 General
02/23/2023 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $400.29 General
02/23/2023 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $400.29 General
02/23/2023 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $56.40 General
02/23/2023 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $56.40 General
01/30/2023 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $78.46 General
01/21/2023 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.00 General
01/21/2023 Foundation Medical, Llc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.16 General
01/21/2023 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 7 147 239 $43,755 $9,963
2022 1 12 13 $3,705 $937.17
2020 1 11 11 $258.06 $262.02
Total Patients
170
Total Services
263
Medicare Billing
$11,162
Procedure Codes
9

All Medicare Procedures & Services

9 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 47 65 $18,895 $4,541 24.0%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 22 22 $7,934 $1,690 21.3%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 17 25 $5,440 $1,237 22.7%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 12 13 $5,295 $1,104 20.8%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 17 24 $3,616 $790.51 21.9%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2023 14 16 $2,427 $540.55 22.3%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2023 18 74 $148.00 $59.98 40.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 12 13 $3,705 $937.17 25.3%
99211 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes Office 2020 11 11 $258.06 $262.02 101.5%

About Dr. Nels Leafblad, MD

Dr. Nels Leafblad, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/11/2016. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1457715955.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Nels Leafblad, MD has received a total of $13,831 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $868.46 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 71 transactions from 6 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($7,400).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Leafblad has provided services to 170 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 263 services with total Medicare billing of $11,162. Data is available for 3 years (2020–2023), covering 9 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Sports Medicine
  • Location White Bear Lake, MN
  • Active Since 04/11/2016
  • Last Updated 01/30/2026
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1457715955

Products in Payments

  • SALVATION (Device) $1,089
  • ADAPT (Device) $561.57
  • NANOTACK FLEX (Device) $153.95
  • GAMMA (Device) $146.15
  • ACCU-PASS (Device) $54.79
  • MAKO (Device) $41.85
  • Physio-Stim (Biological) $35.76
  • VARIAX (Device) $32.30
  • HOFFMANN (Device) $30.25
  • INSIGNIA (Device) $28.54
  • MACI (Biological) $22.88
  • Physio-Stim (Device) $16.48

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.