George Quill
Orthopaedic Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1134110794
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $262,252 of the $304,130 with a category attached, or 86.2%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 81.3% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KY 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 115 payments — averaging $2644.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$247K
- Applied Medical Technology Inc$39K
- Arthrex$11K
- Auxano Medical LLC$4K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$942
- Stryker$528
- plus $757 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$262,25286%
- Consulting fees$23,4948%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,0003%
- Travel & lodging$5,3542%
- Food & beverage$3,0701%
- Education$1,9601%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 28 | $247,152 |
| Applied Medical Technology Inc | 45 | $39,391 |
| Arthrex | 23 | $11,361 |
| Auxano Medical LLC | 2 | $4,001 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 2 | $942 |
| Stryker | 5 | $528 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $278 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $116 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $44 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $5 |
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.
- PHOENIX$247,152
- Auxano$9,009
- INTREPED, INTRAOSSEOUS FUSION DEVICE$4,001
- AMT Bridle$3,951
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS DEVICE SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS FOREFOOT INSTRUMEN$805
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FOREFOOT BUNION$805
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$273
- FUSEFORCE$181
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS MIDFOOT PLATES & SCREWS NITINOL$125
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION OTHER$123
- Caldolor$120
- EXPAREL$116
How this compares
$304,130 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 322 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kentucky.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Louisville
- Arthur MalkaniLouisville$9.6M
- Jonathan YerasimidesLouisville$4.3M
- John LewisLouisville$1.5M
- Akbar NawabLouisville$1M
- Joseph GreeneLouisville$581K
- Rodolfo Zamora RendichLouisville$292K
- Richard SweetLouisville$238K
- Frank BonnarensLouisville$146K
- Ryan EadsLouisville$99K
- Kevin HarreldLouisville$87K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.