David Buchalter, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Delray Beach, FLNPI 1598781478
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. accounts for 65.8% of it on its own, with 31 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,009, more than ten times the $1,214 reported in 2019.
Across 132 payments — averaging $152.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc.$13K
- Stryker$2K
- Encore Medical, LP$687
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$654
- Zimmer Biomet$368
- Johnson & Johnson$328
- plus $3K from 26 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $34,770 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.
- Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc.$174K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,00060%
- Travel & lodging$3362%
- Food & beverage$7,80339%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $13,259 |
| Stryker | 34 | $2,158 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 7 | $687 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 12 | $654 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $368 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 13 | $328 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 3 | $318 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 2 | $253 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $243 |
| Orthalign Inc | 4 | $243 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $214 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $185 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $181 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $173 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $166 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 6 | $161 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $123 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 3 | $73 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $55 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $51 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $22 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $17 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $14 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- Iovera$417
- INSIGNIA$378
- DJO Surgical Empowr Knee System$280
- MAKO$279
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$184
- CellerateRx$181
- MPO Medial Pivot Knee$176
- HOFFMANN$165
- METHA SHORT HIP STEM$165
- Xperience$157
- BlastX$157
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$152
- CERAMENT G$152
- TAPESTRY$142
- MPO Hip System$129
- DJO Surgical 3DKnee System$113
- DJO Surgical FMP Acetabular System$102
How this compares
$20,138 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 37 orthopedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 203 | $2,297 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 113 | $1,009 |
| Methylprednisolone | 58 | $397 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 33 | $319 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 53 | $216 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $187 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 29 | $174 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $161 |
| Amoxicillin | 47 | $126 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $115 |
| Mupirocin | 13 | $75 |
| Meloxicam | 30 | $65 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 20 | $64 |
| Alprazolam | 13 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Delray Beach
- Howard RudnickDelray Beach$0
- Gregory MartinBoynton Beach$441K
- Alejandro BadiaMiami$104K
- Ross StoneAtlantis$28K
- Eric BradleyMiami$24K
- Richard SmithOcoee$8K
- Julio RoblaMiami$7K
- Ismael MontaneMiami$5K
- Robert McShaneTitusville$4K
- David Font-RodriguezMiami$4K
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.