Edward Armbruster, DO
Hand Surgery · Freehold, NJNPI 1043439417
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Trice Medical, Inc. at 36.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,585 and has fallen 94.8% since, to $289 in 2025.
Across 75 payments — averaging $125.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trice Medical, Inc.$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Lima USA, Inc.$1K
- Pavmed Inc.$657
- Zimmer Biomet$375
- Medartis Inc.$354
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,12544%
- Speaking & faculty fees$501%
- Travel & lodging$1,72318%
- Food & beverage$3,48537%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 8 | $3,398 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 18 | $1,753 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $1,350 |
| Pavmed Inc. | 3 | $657 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $375 |
| Medartis Inc. | 3 | $354 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $210 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $195 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $176 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $112 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $105 |
| Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Axogen | 2 | $48 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $43 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 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.
- Segway blade or mieye camera$3,200
- SMR Shoulder$1,350
- REUNION$1,072
- CARPX$657
- APTUS$329
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$141
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$131
- EVOS$129
- MOUNJARO$122
- NexGen$119
- TRAUMA$118
- GAMMA$118
- T2$118
- VARIAX$118
- NA$106
- Geminus$105
- Align$105
- IJS$105
- Implate$105
- VAPR$104
How this compares
$9,383 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 87 hand 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.
Other hand surgery in Freehold
- Charles LeinberryEgg Harbor Twp$3.1M
- John CapoJersey City$1.1M
- Virak TanNewark$711K
- Gary PessEatontown$212K
- Mark RekantCherry Hill$209K
- Teddy AtikEatontown$37K
- Bishoy SaadJersey City$33K
- Genghis NiverFlorham Park$27K
- Michael VosbikianNewark$26K
- Linda ChaoCape May Court House$19K
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.