Alexander Tauchen, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Lincolnshire, ILNPI 1992004162
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $49,097 of the $67,610 with a category attached, or 72.6%. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. accounts for 72.3% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $23,450 and has fallen 76.2% since, to $5,572 in 2025.
Across 182 payments — averaging $371.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$49K
- Stryker$7K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$4K
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$1K
- plus $673 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,09773%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,5005%
- Travel & lodging$6,94110%
- Food & beverage$8,07112%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 52 | $48,896 |
| Stryker | 69 | $6,997 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 3 | $3,742 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $3,592 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 35 | $2,603 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 3 | $1,106 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $184 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $73 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $42 |
| Vertex | 1 | $30 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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.
- ACTIS$48,705
- PINNACLE$47,701
- Velys$25,652
- Kincise$25,515
- Kincise Surgical Automated System$22,186
- VELYS Hip Navigation$22,186
- MAKO$4,559
- M2A - MODULAR HEAD HIP SYSTEM$3,500
- ATTUNE$1,875
- MPO Medial Pivot Knee$1,106
- INSIGNIA$815
- TRIATHLON$691
- TRIDENT$583
- CORAIL$571
- EXETER$514
- ACCOLADE$296
- Master SL$130
- H-Max$130
- Physica$130
- AQUAMANTYS$130
How this compares
$67,610 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 67 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Illinois.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 78 | $682 |
| Celecoxib | 29 | $573 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 18 | $300 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $174 |
| Amoxicillin | 124 | $125 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $31 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 21 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Lincolnshire
- Hristo PiponovLincolnshire$59K
- Wayne PaproskyWinfield$10.9M
- Scott SporerWinfield$5.3M
- Denis NamChicago$3.2M
- Craig della ValleChicago$2.4M
- Hany BedairChicago$1.1M
- Linda SuleimanChicago$898K
- Tad GerlingerChicago$642K
- Henry FinnChicago$523K
- Vasili KarasChicago$264K
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.