Dominic Pelle
Orthopaedic Surgery · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1184945453
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 54.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $75,487 and has fallen 60.7% since, to $29,642 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MI 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 335 payments — averaging $809.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$148K
- Globus Medical$118K
- Synthes GmbH$2K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Medtronic$400
- VB Spine LLC$383
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$151,32556%
- Speaking & faculty fees$61,35223%
- Travel & lodging$43,67516%
- Food & beverage$14,7765%
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 | 202 | $147,574 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 108 | $118,225 |
| Synthes GmbH | 3 | $2,028 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $1,250 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $400 |
| VB Spine LLC | 4 | $383 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $274 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $267 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $248 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $110 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $35 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Quartex$45,773
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$40,692
- SERRATO$35,808
- TRITANIUM$32,650
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$27,500
- AIRO$27,175
- ELSA$25,119
- RAVINE LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$19,476
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$14,500
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$14,335
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$14,259
- ES2$10,529
- CORBEL$10,466
- AERO$9,793
- CREO$8,745
- AVIATOR$8,536
- COALITION MIS$7,200
- MARS 3VL$6,900
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$6,799
- MONTEREY AL$3,575
How this compares
$271,128 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 829 orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.
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 surgery in Grand Rapids
- Donald BohayGrand Rapids$1.1M
- Travis MengeGrand Rapids$317K
- Kory JohnsonGrand Rapids$79K
- Asheesh BediAnn Arbor$9.4M
- Jerome WiaterBeverly Hills$3.9M
- Mark PintoChelsea$3.2M
- Kyle AndersonBingham Farms$3.1M
- Stephen BartolDetroit$2.6M
- Jad KhalilSouthfield$1.9M
- Jeffrey FischgrundSouthfield$1.8M
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.