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NextStep Arthropedix, LLC vs Profound Medical Corp.

Side-by-side comparison of CMS Open Payments data for Program Year 2024. Select different companies below to start a new comparison.

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Which recorded payment profile is more concentrated?

NextStep Arthropedix, LLC has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 1,747, versus 329 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 23.4% of that company's General Payments recipient total.

HHI summarizes how payments are distributed across recorded recipients: higher means a less evenly distributed recipient pattern. This is a description of CMS-reported General Payments only, not a finding about conduct, prescribing, quality, or wrongdoing. Read it with the recipient count and underlying records below.

NextStep Arthropedix, LLC
HHI 1,747 · top recipient 23.4%
Ranked #802 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Profound Medical Corp.
HHI 329 · top recipient 7.0%
Ranked #1,432 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$125.7K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
36
Avg per Transaction
$3.5K
Recipients
36
Avg per Recipient
$3.5K
Payment Types
4
Top Payment Type
Royalty or License
Total Payments
$125.2K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
133
Avg per Transaction
$941.35
Recipients
133
Avg per Recipient
$941.35
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Travel and Lodging

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

NextStep Arthropedix, LLC vs Profound Medical Corp. - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

NextStep Arthropedix, LLC$125.7KProfound Medical Corp.$125.2K

General Payment Types Breakdown

Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.

NextStep Arthropedix, LLC

Royalty or License $111.2K

88.4%

Consulting Fee $10.1K

8.0%

Travel and Lodging $4.1K

3.2%

Food and Beverage $420.31

0.3%

Profound Medical Corp.

Travel and Lodging $121.8K

97.3%

Consulting Fee $2.4K

1.9%

Food and Beverage $1.0K

0.8%

Top 5 General-Payment Recipients

This list uses CMS detailed General Payments records only; it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it does not equal the all-category totals above. A reported payment documents a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing; a higher total reflects reporting volume, not conduct. Verify directly at openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

NextStep Arthropedix, LLC

  1. 1

    Mark E Gittins

    $29,408.00 · 3 txns

  2. 2

    Sherwood Duhon

    $25,169.00 · 3 txns

  3. 3

    Michael A Wilmink

    $23,547.00 · 3 txns

  4. 4

    Robert A Berghoff Jr.

    $21,153.00 · 3 txns

  5. 5

    Michael B Cannone

    $11,879.00 · 3 txns

Profound Medical Corp.

  1. 1

    PRESTON SPRENKLE

    $8,811.86 · 2 txns

  2. 2

    PEJMAN GHANOUNI

    $8,253.92 · 2 txns

  3. 3

    MICHAEL FABRIZIO

    $8,111.14 · 2 txns

  4. 4

    NAVEEN KELLA

    $6,507.94 · 2 txns

  5. 5

    EDWARD STEINER

    $6,453.92 · 2 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric NextStep Arthropedix, LLC Profound Medical Corp.
Total Payments $125.7K $125.2K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 36 133
Avg per Transaction $3.5K $941.35
Recipient Count 36 133
Avg per Recipient $3.5K $941.35
Payment Type Count 4 3
Top Payment Type Royalty or License Travel and Lodging

Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. All companies in the CMS Open Payments company corpus are available in the selector. Browse all companies →

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