Etan Sugarman, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Des Plaines, ILNPI 1235426610
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (33.7%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 24.6% of the total.
Across 142 payments — averaging $183.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$6K
- Arcuro Medical Inc$6K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$5K
- Medwest Associates$1K
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$878
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,12512%
- Travel & lodging$8,77634%
- Food & beverage$7,32828%
- Education$6,48025%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 63 | $6,408 |
| Arcuro Medical Inc | 7 | $5,902 |
| Smith+Nephew | 35 | $4,998 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 10 | $4,556 |
| Medwest Associates | 4 | $1,250 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $878 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 3 | $370 |
| Oak Med, Inc. | 1 | $348 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $348 |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | 1 | $289 |
| Stryker | 5 | $246 |
| Bodycad USA Corp | 1 | $137 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $130 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $95 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Naviswiss, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- SUPERBALL$5,824
- Q-FIX Hip$2,316
- Hipstruments$2,316
- NOVOSTITCH$734
- Clancy Anatomic Cruciate Guide$734
- Meniscal Root Repair System$734
- Dyonics Mini Shaver System$692
- Regeneten$692
- LENS Surgical Imaging System$692
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$401
- AGILI-C$300
- NA$215
- INSIGNIA$148
- MAKO$148
- Fine Osteotomy$137
- MICRORAPTOR$129
How this compares
$26,009 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 844 orthopaedic surgery providers in Illinois.
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 Des Plaines
- Mark SchinskyDes Plaines$1.1M
- Peter BonuttiEffingham$24.3M
- Steven HaddadGlenview$12.6M
- Aaron RosenbergChicago$12.4M
- Treg BrownHerrin$6.6M
- Wayne GoldsteinMorton Grove$4.9M
- Steven ChudikWestmont$4.1M
- Matthew SquireAurora$2.9M
- David ManningBurr Ridge$2.3M
- Ritesh ShahMorton Grove$2.3M
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.