Craig Miller, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Bethesda, MDNPI 1891721742
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 55.8% of the total. Among orthopedic surgery clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 112 payments — averaging $645.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$40K
- Exactech, Inc.$31K
- Stryker$613
- Johnson & Johnson$192
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$160
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$146
- plus $227 from 3 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $8500.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,48156%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,59322%
- Travel & lodging$10,06514%
- Food & beverage$6,1318%
- Education$320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 57 | $40,372 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 35 | $30,592 |
| Stryker | 12 | $613 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $192 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 1 | $160 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $81 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
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.
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$32,112
- EQUINOXE$30,207
- Healicoil$26,029
- Q-FIX$14,687
- LENS 4K$12,593
- Mini-Open Latarjet$4,246
- SPATIAL FRAME$3,000
- MICRORAPTOR$2,095
- AETOS Shoulder System$2,095
- Endobutton$1,525
- FLOW 50/90$786
- DYONICS 25$786
- Q-Fix Mini$786
- ULTRABUTTON$429
- NA$338
- NEOX$146
- CLARIX$146
- REUNION$140
- ADAPT$136
- CellerateRx$121
How this compares
$72,302 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 24 orthopedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 233 | $719 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $194 |
| Prednisone | 32 | $115 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $115 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $92 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Bethesda
- Christopher CannovaBethesda$1.6M
- Matthew ZimmermannBethesda$0
- Jason KinneyBaltimore$22K
- Mark PetersonRockville$13K
- Akachimere UzosikeBaltimore$12K
- James MurphyGlen Burnie$2K
- Andrew SiekanowiczSilver Spring$2K
- Benjamin KnoxEaston$2K
- Olumuyiwa PaulGlenn Dale$1K
- Mark PfaffElkton$1K
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.