Gary Schmidt
Orthopaedic Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1922041128
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $250,000 of the $255,807 with a category attached, or 97.7%. Philadelphia Medical Management Company LLC accounts for 97.7% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2023 is the largest year on record at $250,000, more than ten times the $2,954 reported in 2019. 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.
Across 35 payments — averaging $7308.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philadelphia Medical Management Company LLC$250K
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Camber Spine Technologies LLC$730
- Stryker$292
- Abbott$181
- plus $291 from 5 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1251.67 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.
- Si-bone, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,4001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$250,00098%
- Travel & lodging$2,1701%
- Food & beverage$1,7061%
- Gifts$5300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Medical Management Company LLC | 1 | $250,000 |
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 6 | $3,152 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $1,160 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 5 | $730 |
| Stryker | 4 | $292 |
| Abbott | 2 | $181 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $115 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $76 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $52 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $22 |
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.
- Enza$1,400
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$583
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$149
- SERRATO$132
- SurgX$115
- Xperience$115
- CD HORIZON$112
- ADAPTIVESTIM$105
How this compares
$255,807 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,048 orthopaedic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Pittsburgh
- Edward WestrickPittsburgh$938K
- Timothy SauberPittsburgh$373K
- Eric YakishPittsburgh$278K
- Ivan TarkinPittsburgh$243K
- Anthony DigioiaPittsburgh$217K
- Kenneth UrishPittsburgh$207K
- William HozackBensalem$10.6M
- Jess LonnerBryn Mawr$7.8M
- Gerald WilliamsBryn Mawr$6.8M
- Mark LazarusBensalem$6.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.