RxDoctor Payments Data

Andrew Kutzner, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Niles, MINPI 1891280087

Payments from drug & device makers

$6,887in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 62 payments — averaging $111.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medacta USA, Inc.$2K
  • Medwest Associates$1K
  • Zimmer Biomet$855
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$851
  • Johnson & Johnson$647
  • Stryker$427
  • plus $669 from 9 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$1,91028%
  • Food & beverage$2,86242%
  • Education$2,11431%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medacta USA, Inc.9$2,122
Medwest Associates4$1,315
Zimmer Biomet9$855
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.5$851
Johnson & Johnson11$647
Stryker12$427
Medtronic(2 entities)3$223
Linkbio Corp2$111
Arthrex1$110
Zak Ortho1$96
Integra Lifesciences Corporation1$58
Dynasplint Systems Inc.1$20
Vertex1$19
Davol Inc.1$18
Smith+Nephew1$14

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

$6,887 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 829 orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$72,132
Medicare patients
205
Services billed
654

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Celecoxib25$435
Ondansetron OdtOndansetron23$300
Meloxicam53$152
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen14$100
Oxycodone Hcl23$77
Gabapentin17$56
Pantoprazole Sodium12$37
Cephalexin25$30

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other orthopaedic surgery in Niles

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