Brandon Nudelman, MD
Sports Medicine · Bellevue, WANPI 1285131482
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (49.0%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 40.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $18,654 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $808 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in WA 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 68 payments — averaging $465.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$13K
- Smith+Nephew$6K
- Evolution Surgical, Inc$3K
- Exactech, Inc.$2K
- Sequoia Surgical, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- plus $3K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$15,50049%
- Travel & lodging$4,51414%
- Food & beverage$3,76612%
- Education$7,88125%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 3 | $12,951 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $6,437 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 4 | $2,923 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 6 | $2,392 |
| Sequoia Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $2,059 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,623 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $1,132 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,038 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $166 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $149 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $131 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $129 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $97 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $90 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $80 |
| Axogen | 1 | $68 |
| Invictus Surgical Incorporated | 3 | $64 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 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.
- EQUINOXE$2,236
- MAKO$703
- RESTORATION$397
- TRIATHLON$397
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$225
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$225
- Arsenal Sinus Support Plate$149
- NOVOSTITCH$142
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$137
- Portfolio$134
- EQUINOXE PHX SYSTEM$129
- MACI$129
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$125
How this compares
$31,661 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 132 sports medicine providers in Washington.
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.
Other sports medicine in Bellevue
- Gary ChimesBellevue$2K
- Andrew GomezBellevue$2K
- David HonariBellevue$1K
- Geoffrey HiggsProsser$569K
- Nicholas KennedyYakima$112K
- Nicholas VaudreuilEverett$49K
- Adam PourchoSeattle$38K
- Christopher WahlIssaquah$37K
- Nicholas WilcoxMarysville$36K
- Mathew TaylorPullman$36K
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.