RxDoctor Payments Data

Edward Westrick, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1093918211

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $621,150 of the $937,970 with a category attached, or 66.2%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 39.6% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in PA 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.

$937,970in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,071 payments — averaging $875.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Zimmer Biomet$372K
  • Stryker$147K
  • Arthrex$119K
  • Si-bone, Inc.$110K
  • Restor3d, Inc.$59K
  • Medshape, Inc.$49K
  • plus $82K from 16 others
$129,727in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 53 payments — averaging $2447.67 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.

  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$54K
  • Smith+Nephew$39K
  • Si-bone, Inc.$28K
  • Stryker$9K
$3,230in ownership & investment interests, 2019–2025

Across 1 payment — averaging $3230.41 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.

  • Restor3d, Inc.$3K

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$43,9405%
  • Consulting fees$621,15066%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$65,8727%
  • Travel & lodging$66,2617%
  • Food & beverage$16,7932%
  • Education$75,5458%
  • Ownership interest$4,0160%
  • Other$44,3935%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Zimmer Biomet490$371,814
Stryker(2 entities)180$147,239
Arthrex152$118,506
Si-bone, Inc.73$109,703
Restor3d, Inc.22$59,429
Medshape, Inc.7$48,907
Globus Medical74$44,683
Smith+Nephew28$9,710
Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.3$7,885
Synthes GmbH7$7,299
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.2$3,915
Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.4$3,201
RTI Surgical, Inc2$3,000
Steris Instrument Management Services, Inc.2$1,591
Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC14$428
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)3$257
Innovation Technologies Inc3$152
Lifenet Health1$122
Carbofix Orthopedics Inc1$65
Orthofix Medical, Inc.1$26
Skeletal Dynamics Inc1$24
Integra Lifesciences Corporation1$13

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.

How this compares

$937,970 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,048 orthopaedic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$208,159
Medicare patients
166
Services billed
847

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.

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