Albert Lin
Sports Medicine · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1760518591
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 66.5% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $150,869, 3.6 times the $41,871 reported in 2019. Among sports medicine clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 699 payments — averaging $658.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$306K
- Stryker$116K
- Restor3d, Inc.$20K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$13K
- Exactech, Inc.$2K
- Smith+Nephew$970
- plus $2K from 7 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $2487.65 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$31K
- Arthrex$1K
Across 1 payment — averaging $11,900 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Restor3d, Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$242,50953%
- Speaking & faculty fees$146,89032%
- Travel & lodging$42,3319%
- Food & beverage$20,2684%
- Education$7,4052%
- Gifts$6960%
General payments by program year
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 392 | $305,811 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 134 | $115,848 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 15 | $20,320 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 114 | $13,428 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 15 | $2,088 |
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $970 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 4 | $649 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $311 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $246 |
| FH Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $202 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Novus Surgical Consultants | 1 | $73 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$65,753
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$30,250
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$28,946
- SIMPLICITI$17,050
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$12,157
- AEQUALIS REVERSED II$11,110
- REUNION$9,460
- EQUINOXE$1,857
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$1,575
- INSPACE$1,028
- AEQUALIS$757
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$441
- NA$441
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$429
- BioBrace 23mm$354
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER ECLIPSE$244
- ARTHROPLASTY INSTRUMENTS KNEE & HIP ARTHROPLASTY SPORTKNEE$228
- EXACTECHGPS$195
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$165
- SPY TECHNOLOGY$158
How this compares
$460,098 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 311 sports medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 46 | $770 |
| Meloxicam | 77 | $235 |
| Amoxicillin | 39 | $130 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 37 | $95 |
| Ibuprofen | 15 | $69 |
| Naproxen | 11 | $59 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $45 |
| Cephalexin | 36 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Pittsburgh
- Sam AkhavanPittsburgh$2.2M
- Tyler HauerPittsburgh$48K
- Justin HicksPittsburgh$39K
- Darren FrankPittsburgh$39K
- Justin ArnerPittsburgh$36K
- Guang Ting CongPittsburgh$36K
- Ryan NussbaumPittsburgh$26K
- Patrick McMahonPittsburgh$16K
- Sommer HammoudPhiladelphia$238K
- Theresa PazionisPhiladelphia$235K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.