David Zuelzer, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Lexington, KYNPI 1548676265
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (34.0%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Stryker accounts for 63.0% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,107, 3.4 times the $3,281 reported in 2019.
Across 131 payments — averaging $184.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$15K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$5K
- Synthes GmbH$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$751
- Smith+Nephew$648
- Medinc Of Texas$372
- plus $742 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,00033%
- Grants$2501%
- Travel & lodging$8,24234%
- Food & beverage$7,71732%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 57 | $15,262 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 28 | $5,086 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $1,348 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $751 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $648 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 3 | $372 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 11 | $196 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $65 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $59 |
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.
- HOFFMANN$9,365
- AXSOS$8,000
- VA-LCP$1,453
- PRO$1,276
- NA$652
- NONE$623
- GAMMA$497
- T2$400
- REUNION$336
- TFN ADVANCED$239
- VARIAX$173
- PANGEA$172
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$147
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$125
- IM NAILS$125
- EVOS$120
- PELVIS II$117
- TRIGEN Femoral (FAN/TAN/Meta Nail)$111
- TRIGEN InterTAN$111
- EVOS SMALL$111
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in Kentuckyto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Lexington
- Darren JohnsonLexington$533K
- Eric MoghadamianLexington$160K
- Raymond Wright JrLexington$94K
- Ryan DeangelisLexington$41K
- Brandon ScottLexington$16K
- Thomas KrupkoLexington$10K
- Ryan CassidyLexington$10K
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.