Andrew Trontis, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Whiting, NJNPI 1740675222
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (48.9%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Choice Spine, LLC at 29.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $28,497 and has fallen 68.2% since, to $9,060 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 290 payments — averaging $188.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Choice Spine, LLC$16K
- Globus Medical$8K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$7K
- Medtronic$6K
- Stryker$5K
- Arthrex$4K
- plus $8K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,93522%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,5005%
- Travel & lodging$26,71749%
- Food & beverage$13,16224%
- Education$3491%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Choice Spine, LLC | 5 | $16,017 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 83 | $8,390 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 46 | $7,434 |
| Medtronic | 59 | $6,193 |
| Stryker | 16 | $4,544 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $3,734 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 10 | $3,251 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 11 | $2,135 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 11 | $987 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $544 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $353 |
| 4web, Inc. | 2 | $213 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 4 | $187 |
| Abbott | 7 | $185 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $125 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 2 | $62 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Trackx Technology, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Triton$16,017
- Other - Miscellaneous$5,438
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$3,056
- XLIF$2,463
- MAKO$1,729
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$1,543
- Blackhawk Cervical Spacer System$949
- Thunderbolt Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw Systems$949
- VEO Lateral Interbody Fusion System$949
- Stratofuse$949
- Excelsius - GPS$857
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$815
- UNID_PASS$669
- aprevo$627
- Pulse$395
- CellerateRx$353
- CD HORIZON$312
- ACP$288
- O-ARM$263
- AttraX$234
How this compares
$54,664 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 587 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 45 | $246 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 39 | $214 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $96 |
| Meloxicam | 22 | $79 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Whiting
- Michael KellyHackensack$9.7M
- Mark HartzbandParamus$9.4M
- Randal BetzLawrenceville$3M
- Luke AustinSewell$2.9M
- Kenneth MontgomeryMorristown$2.7M
- Zachary PostEgg Harbor Township$1.7M
- Harlan LevineMontvale$1.5M
- Jeffrey AbramsPrinceton$1.5M
- Gregg KleinParamus$1.5M
- David NazarianMarlton$1.3M
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.