Darren Frank, MD
Sports Medicine · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1396946398
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $25,250 of the $39,024 with a category attached, or 64.7%. Arthrex accounts for 95.2% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among sports medicine clinicians in PA 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 60 payments — averaging $650.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$37K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$24
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,25065%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,20021%
- Travel & lodging$2,9558%
- Food & beverage$1,1693%
- Education$1,4504%
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 | 45 | $37,145 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 14 | $1,856 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $24 |
How this compares
$39,024 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 311 sports medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 | 24 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Pittsburgh
- Sam AkhavanPittsburgh$2.2M
- Albert LinPittsburgh$460K
- Tyler HauerPittsburgh$48K
- Justin HicksPittsburgh$39K
- Justin ArnerPittsburgh$36K
- Guang Ting CongPittsburgh$36K
- Ryan NussbaumPittsburgh$26K
- Patrick McMahonPittsburgh$16K
- Sommer HammoudPhiladelphia$238K
- Theresa PazionisPhiladelphia$235K
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.