Colin Burgess, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · South Windsor, CTNPI 1689106304
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $27,500 of the $44,649 with a category attached, or 61.6%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 47.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $38,185 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $113 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CT 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 73 payments — averaging $611.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$21K
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$9K
- DJO, LLC$4K
- Linvatec Corporation$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$2K
- plus $2K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$27,50062%
- Travel & lodging$4,32310%
- Food & beverage$2,0265%
- Education$10,80024%
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 | 6 | $21,322 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 18 | $8,767 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $3,750 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $3,750 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 14 | $2,860 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 3 | $2,421 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,036 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $240 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $156 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $95 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $73 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
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.
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$3,750
- DYNACORD$2,606
- MAKO$679
- EQUINOXE$136
How this compares
$44,649 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 273 orthopaedic surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 | 128 | $943 |
| Meloxicam | 361 | $655 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 24 | $134 |
| Gabapentin | 23 | $118 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 27 | $73 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $65 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in South Windsor
- Peter WhangNew Haven$1.8M
- Paul SethiGreenwich$1.5M
- James YueShelton$1.3M
- Robert DeveneyDanbury$907K
- James PaceFarmington$721K
- Isaac MossFarmington$676K
- David FrumbergNew Haven$288K
- John KeggiMiddlebury$264K
- Lauren GeaneyFarmington$263K
- Robert StantonFairfield$199K
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.