George Zanaros, MD
Hand Surgery · Albany, NYNPI 1003084849
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (38.3%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 44.0% of the total.
Across 123 payments — averaging $185.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$10K
- Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc.$8K
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
- Stryker$254
- Johnson & Johnson$126
- Exactech, Inc.$107
- plus $183 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,50029%
- Travel & lodging$8,71738%
- Food & beverage$6,27828%
- Education$1,2936%
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 | 44 | $10,028 |
| Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc. | 20 | $8,117 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 49 | $3,972 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 2 | $254 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $126 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $72 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $64 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
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.
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$1,239
- Knees-MyMobility$147
- DVR Anatomic Kickstand$146
- Osseofit$140
- TORNIER FLEX$139
- COMPREHENSIVE$136
- ARTHREX$128
- Comprehensive Fracture Shoulder$124
- Comprehensive Anatomic$122
- Comprehensive Micro Stem$119
- Comprehensive Humeral$116
- Comprehensive Nano$116
- LATITUDE AND LATITUDE EV$115
- Surgical Product Portfolio$113
- Echo$112
- EQUINOXE$107
How this compares
$22,787 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 178 hand surgery providers in New York.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 22 | $1,150 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $714 |
| Amoxicillin | 45 | $210 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Albany
- Michael OkoliAlbany$25K
- Stefanos HaddadAlbany$24K
- Daniel DonovanAlbany$16K
- Michael MulliganAlbany$7K
- Richard UhlAlbany$5K
- Scott WolfeNy$251K
- Nader PaksimaNew York$171K
- Peter SteinGreat Neck$131K
- Michael HausmanNew York$128K
- Otis BarronNew York$122K
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.