Craig Forsthoefel, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Bethesda, MDNPI 1407387657
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.7%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 25.4% of the total.
Across 195 payments — averaging $153.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$8K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$5K
- Stryker$3K
- Medwest Associates$3K
- Ulrich Medical USA, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- plus $7K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,9927%
- Travel & lodging$13,70246%
- Food & beverage$10,78636%
- Education$3,47412%
- Charitable contribution$570%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 68 | $7,622 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 7 | $4,702 |
| Stryker | 32 | $3,378 |
| Medwest Associates | 9 | $2,884 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 6 | $2,362 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 12 | $1,792 |
| Globus Medical | 13 | $1,713 |
| Zavation Medical Products, LLC | 3 | $1,232 |
| Mirus, LLC | 3 | $1,071 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 7 | $601 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $582 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $434 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $238 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $186 |
| Abbott | 2 | $168 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $162 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $149 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $128 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 2 | $118 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $98 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Wishbone Medical Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $57 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$4,455
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$3,097
- MAGEC$1,141
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$1,071
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$1,071
- 3DR Lumbar Interbody$1,071
- RIGEL 3DR Cervcal Interbody$1,071
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,067
- Expedium VERSE$948
- UNID_PASS$762
- N/A$733
- INTEGRA$447
- NA$441
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$432
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$418
- Cervical-STIM$239
- Magellan$238
- Erisma-LP$235
- Idys-TLIF 3DTi$235
- TFN-Advance$212
How this compares
$30,011 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 378 orthopaedic surgery providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 161 | $1,246 |
| Meloxicam | 364 | $1,231 |
| Methylprednisolone | 228 | $1,228 |
| Pregabalin | 15 | $467 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 94 | $417 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 46 | $323 |
| Cephalexin | 18 | $113 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $109 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 48 | $101 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $83 |
| Mupirocin | 17 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Bethesda
- Hamid HassanzadehBethesda$1.1M
- Colin NevinsBethesda$30K
- Mark MyersonBaltimore$10.5M
- David DaluryTowson$7.6M
- Anand MurthiBaltimore$3.7M
- Timothy CoddTowson$3.6M
- Khaled KebaishBaltimore$3M
- Michael AinLutherville$1.6M
- Shawn StandardBaltimore$1.4M
- Paul SponsellerBaltimore$958K
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.