David Polonet, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Neptune, NJNPI 1821071911
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.8%), royalties or licence payments and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 98.4% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NJ 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 209 payments — averaging $867.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$178K
- Seapearl East, Inc$1K
- Arthrex$547
- Johnson & Johnson$424
- Stryker$239
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$151
- plus $370 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$42,87424%
- Consulting fees$93,91552%
- Speaking & faculty fees$31,72518%
- Travel & lodging$9,3195%
- Food & beverage$3,4282%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 168 | $178,428 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 5 | $1,102 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $547 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $424 |
| Stryker | 5 | $239 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $151 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $124 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $35 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $32 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $25 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Distal Femur Plate System$30,044
- Autobahn$26,227
- A/R Femoral Nail$23,983
- Anthem$19,394
- Pelvic Screws$17,663
- Ankle Fracture System$13,389
- TROCH NAIL$8,100
- CALIBER$6,750
- CREO$6,738
- Distal Femoral Nail$5,063
- Distal Femur Plate$4,146
- EVO Antegrade$2,150
- Clavical Fixation (16-186)$1,492
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$994
- Clavicular Fracture Fixation$357
- Retrograde Nail$338
- Clavicle Fixation$169
- AXSOS$133
- Antegrade Nail$123
- LCP PLATES & SCREWS$116
How this compares
$181,261 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 587 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TymlosAbaloparatide | 12 | $31,574 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 33 | $232 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos | $14 | $31,57412 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 587 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Neptune
- Michael KellyHackensack$9.7M
- Mark HartzbandParamus$9.4M
- Randal BetzLawrenceville$3M
- Luke AustinSewell$2.9M
- Kenneth MontgomeryMorristown$2.7M
- Zachary PostEgg Harbor Township$1.7M
- Harlan LevineMontvale$1.5M
- Jeffrey AbramsPrinceton$1.5M
- Gregg KleinParamus$1.5M
- David NazarianMarlton$1.3M
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.