Christian Zaino, MD
Hand Surgery · Cedar Knolls, NJNPI 1437477411
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.9% of the total across 81 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in NJ, where the typical reported total is $3,086.
Across 81 payments — averaging $43.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bioventus LLC$688
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$625
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$557
- Axogen$390
- Alafair Biosciences, Inc.$389
- Endo USA, Inc.$247
- plus $645 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1284%
- Food & beverage$3,32694%
- Education$882%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bioventus LLC | 19 | $688 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 4 | $625 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 25 | $557 |
| Axogen | 6 | $390 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $389 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 7 | $247 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $166 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $115 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $90 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Stryker | 1 | $63 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $40 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $31 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
- Geminus$625
- Align$625
- IJS$625
- Implate$625
- VersaWrap$300
- XIAFLEX$277
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$260
- VA-LCP$142
- Durolane$141
- DVR Crosslock Plates/Screws/Pegs$115
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$115
How this compares
$3,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 87 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 11 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Cedar Knolls
- Eliseo DiprinzioCedar Knolls$7K
- Charles LeinberryEgg Harbor Twp$3.1M
- John CapoJersey City$1.1M
- Virak TanNewark$711K
- Gary PessEatontown$212K
- Mark RekantCherry Hill$209K
- Teddy AtikEatontown$37K
- Bishoy SaadJersey City$33K
- Genghis NiverFlorham Park$27K
- Michael VosbikianNewark$26K
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.