Brian Hill, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Palm Beach Gardens, FLNPI 1073953824
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.0%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 32.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $54,727, 5.2 times the $10,484 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL 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 354 payments — averaging $301.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$34K
- Linvatec Corporation$20K
- Catalyst Orthoscience$14K
- Encore Medical, LP$14K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$5K
- Arthrex$3K
- plus $16K from 24 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $188,217 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Zurimed Technologies Inc.$188K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$45,95043%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,43814%
- Travel & lodging$19,61118%
- Food & beverage$13,63813%
- Education$12,16311%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 61 | $34,497 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 17 | $19,810 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 6 | $14,046 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 54 | $13,503 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 2 | $5,360 |
| Arthrex | 31 | $3,405 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 8 | $3,068 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 4 | $2,532 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 3 | $2,334 |
| Smith+Nephew | 62 | $2,251 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 14 | $1,874 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $746 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 7 | $688 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $563 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 7 | $382 |
| Tigon Medical LLC | 1 | $375 |
| Amgen | 31 | $313 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $244 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $206 |
| Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $132 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $68 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $60 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$23,268
- BioBrace 23mm$19,721
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID$17,500
- TORNIER PERFORM ANATOMIC AUGMENTED GLENOID$16,300
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED AUGMENTED GLENOID$14,400
- SIMPLICITI$13,900
- DJO SURGICAL$9,499
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$6,874
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$6,130
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$3,521
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$3,082
- EQUINOXE$2,906
- Catalyst CSR Shoulder System$2,627
- BRISTOW-LATARJET$1,073
- TORNIER FLEX$1,000
- DJO Surgical Match Point System$824
- DJO Surgical Discovery Elbow System$763
- AMISTEM$389
- Iovera$219
- Healicoil$212
How this compares
$106,800 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 57 | $3,086 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 66 | $758 |
| Methylprednisolone | 58 | $364 |
| Meloxicam | 81 | $276 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Palm Beach Gardens
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
- Bryan SpringerJacksonville$6.3M
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.