Alex Dibartola, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Upper Arlington, OHNPI 1285169441
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (40.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 33.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $8,942 and has fallen 91.0% since, to $801 in 2025.
Across 70 payments — averaging $221.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Stryker$1K
- CDC Medical LLC$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- plus $2K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,25940%
- Food & beverage$2,94319%
- Education$6,30041%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $5,156 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 12 | $3,893 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,450 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 2 | $1,239 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $1,229 |
| Arthrex | 20 | $1,019 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $787 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $291 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $105 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 2 | $50 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,184
- Expedium VERSE$1,201
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$524
- NA$377
- MAKO$367
- INVICTUS OPEN$261
- UNID_PASS$260
- GMK SPHERE$168
- SALVATION$153
- ALTALYNE$141
- UNIUM$141
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$132
- LCP$132
- MOTOBAND$113
- LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$105
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$105
How this compares
$15,502 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 59 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 62 | $419 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 68 | $232 |
| Celecoxib | 15 | $112 |
| Cephalexin | 26 | $92 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 29 | $91 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Upper Arlington
- Joseph MiletiUpper Arlington$17K
- Andrew CampbellUpper Arlington$6K
- Vivek SahaiUpper Arlington$2K
- James LatshawUpper Arlington$2K
- Michael McShaneUpper Arlington$904
- Kurt UnverferthUpper Arlington$383
- Paul MelaragnoUpper Arlington$240
- Adolph LombardiNew Albany$14.7M
- Ray WasielewskiColumbus$9.6M
- Viktor KrebsCleveland$7.5M
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.