Brett Heldt
Orthopaedic Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1659948933
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 65 payments — averaging $123.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exactech, Inc.$4K
- Stryker$642
- Team 1, LLC$341
- Johnson & Johnson$332
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$305
- Next Science LLC$230
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,52131%
- Food & beverage$5,49069%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exactech, Inc. | 7 | $3,814 |
| Stryker | 12 | $642 |
| Team 1, LLC | 8 | $341 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $332 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $305 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $230 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $181 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $144 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $141 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $132 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $128 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $124 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $124 |
| Vertex | 1 | $120 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $117 |
| Bonalive Inc | 1 | $114 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $99 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $96 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $88 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $77 |
| Moximed, Inc | 1 | $73 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $13 |
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 PHX SYSTEM$1,972
- EQUINOXE$1,842
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$609
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$543
- NA$237
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$181
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$181
- ALPHAVENT$172
- TFN-Advance$144
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$136
- CERAMENT G$136
- Xperience$133
- BlastX$133
- SurgX$133
- VITOSS$128
- 3M Cavilon$128
- Ioban 2$128
- ACTIV.A.C.$128
- V.A.C. GRANUFOAM$128
- PREVENA$128
How this compares
$8,012 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron Hcl | 14 | $105 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Augusta
- Stephen ParadaAugusta$699K
- Lynn CrosbyAugusta$536K
- John DevineAugusta$331K
- Uzondu AgochukwuAugusta$194K
- Nathan KukowskiAugusta$108K
- John MartellAugusta$91K
- Nicholas CapitoAugusta$83K
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.8M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.7M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.