RxDoctor Payments Data

Aaron Mullane, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Columbus, MSNPI 1396279550

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — education (40.1%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 43.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $33,077 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $319 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$53,339in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 117 payments — averaging $455.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Smith+Nephew$23K
  • Arthrex$23K
  • Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions$3K
  • Stryker$2K
  • ALON Medical Technology$1K
  • Orthalign Inc$387
  • plus $914 from 7 others

What the payments were for

  • Grants$20,00037%
  • Travel & lodging$7,01013%
  • Food & beverage$4,9299%
  • Education$21,40040%

General payments by program year

22
23
24
25

Who reported the general payments

Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Smith+Nephew16$23,412
Arthrex40$22,677
Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions18$2,563
Stryker26$2,185
ALON Medical Technology1$1,200
Orthalign Inc5$387
Globus Medical3$237
Zimmer Biomet2$213
Medinc Of Texas1$139
Johnson & Johnson2$137
Linvatec Corporation1$129
Orthofix Medical, Inc.1$40
Medtronic1$18

What the payments were tied to

Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.

How this compares

$53,339 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 170 orthopaedic surgery providers in Mississippi.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$355,720
Medicare patients
532
Services billed
8,209

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
XareltoRivaroxaban13$5,540
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen132$911
Mupirocin134$903
Gabapentin154$666
Doxycycline Hyclate53$654
Tramadol Hcl248$548
Oxycodone Hcl139$520
Meloxicam366$471
Celecoxib49$415
Ondansetron OdtOndansetron58$301
Cefadroxil45$274
Naproxen69$212
Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim37$140
Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine21$139
Methylprednisolone23$131

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$137$5,54013 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 170 orthopaedic surgery providers in Mississippi.

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