Alexander Gaukhman, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Boca Raton, FLNPI 1134548019
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.0%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 86.3% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $31,197, 2.6 times the $12,061 reported in 2020.
Across 217 payments — averaging $265.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$50K
- Stryker$4K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- Intellijoint Surgical Inc.$460
- Johnson & Johnson$426
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$119
- plus $466 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,94845%
- Travel & lodging$12,52222%
- Food & beverage$9,24816%
- Education$9,91717%
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 | 120 | $49,712 |
| Stryker | 41 | $3,884 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 25 | $2,568 |
| Intellijoint Surgical Inc. | 1 | $460 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $426 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $119 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 2 | $101 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $83 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $67 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Journey II$34,004
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$24,331
- K-15 PORK$19,306
- Legion$9,780
- Tandem$4,802
- REDAPT$3,886
- Legion Revision$3,337
- MAKO$2,380
- JOURNEY$1,322
- Arcos$1,244
- POLARSTEM$1,102
- Journey Uni$950
- VERILAST Hip$950
- PICO$924
- OR3O$716
- POLAR3$716
- VISIONAIRE$580
- Persona Revision$521
- Intellijoint HIP$460
- RESTORATION$413
How this compares
$57,634 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 96 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $7,354 |
| Celecoxib | 254 | $2,022 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 141 | $1,177 |
| Mupirocin | 139 | $1,046 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 145 | $663 |
| Cefadroxil | 61 | $378 |
| Gabapentin | 25 | $162 |
| Methylprednisolone | 19 | $141 |
| Amoxicillin | 42 | $70 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $59 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 15 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Boca Raton
- Carlos LaverniaMiami$5.4M
- Juan SuarezMiami$3.9M
- John RedmondJacksonville$987K
- Gavan DuffyJacksonville$543K
- Timothy van de LeurSummerfield$511K
- Edward StolarskiSarasota$445K
- Andrew NoblePalm Beach Gardens$308K
- Raul GostheMiami$252K
- Chancellor GrayGainesville$228K
- David BacksteinNaples$199K
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.