RxDoctor Payments Data

Andrew Cappuccino, MD

Orthopedic Surgery · Lockport, NYNPI 1053318519

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $373,171 of the $580,893 with a category attached, or 64.2%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 42.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $333,900 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $3,241 in 2025. Among orthopedic surgery clinicians in NY 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.

$580,893in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 52 payments — averaging $11,171 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Zimmer Biomet$249K
  • Medtronic$244K
  • Precision Spine, Inc.$64K
  • Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$17K
  • Spineart USA Inc$3K
  • Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$3K
$58,342in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 24 payments — averaging $2430.92 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.

  • Spineart SA$30K
  • Globus Medical$28K
$340,168in ownership & investment interests, 2019–2025

Across 8 payments — averaging $42,521 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.

  • Centinel Spine, LLC$340K
  • Titan Spine, LLC$0

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$373,17164%
  • Consulting fees$43,8328%
  • Travel & lodging$17,9753%
  • Food & beverage$1500%
  • Other$145,76525%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$580,893 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 91 orthopedic surgery providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$2,582
Medicare patients
12
Services billed
31

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.

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