Hanbing Zhou, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Hartford, CTNPI 1073807335
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 43 manufacturers reported payments, led by Corelink, LLC at 24.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $41,781 and has fallen 87.2% since, to $5,345 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CT 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 379 payments — averaging $261.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corelink, LLC$25K
- Globus Medical$15K
- Integrity Implants Inc.$10K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$8K
- Zavation Medical Products, LLC$5K
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$5K
- plus $31K from 37 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $24,023 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.
- Medtronic$86K
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$6K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$4K
Across 2 payments — averaging $1348.75 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Expanding Innovations, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,54250%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,5009%
- Travel & lodging$28,20228%
- Food & beverage$12,67213%
- Gifts$1000%
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.
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.
- FlareHawk$9,394
- ELSA$6,800
- CREO$4,323
- SIMMETRY IMPLANT, 12.5MM X 50MM$4,314
- X-PAC$2,697
- OssDsign Catalyst$2,500
- Triton$2,250
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,851
- PRODISC L$1,691
- ARAI SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM$1,619
- ELSA ATP$1,591
- CONDUIT$1,540
- Sentio$1,540
- VIPER$1,540
- STREAMLINE TL SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM$1,505
- COFIX IMPLANT 10 MM$1,505
- COFLEX INTERLAMINAR TECHNOLOGY, 10MM$1,505
- Spinal$1,500
- PRODISC C VIVO$1,414
- XLIF$1,222
How this compares
$99,016 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 273 orthopaedic surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 40 | $475 |
| Baclofen | 21 | $379 |
| Gabapentin | 33 | $358 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 30 | $310 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $247 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 49 | $161 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Hartford
- Matthew GrossoHartford$63K
- Michael MirandaHartford$44K
- Amanda FantryHartford$22K
- Cameron KiaHartford$17K
- Peter WhangNew Haven$1.8M
- Paul SethiGreenwich$1.5M
- James YueShelton$1.3M
- Robert DeveneyDanbury$907K
- James PaceFarmington$721K
- Isaac MossFarmington$676K
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.