Hristo Piponov, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Lincolnshire, ILNPI 1588026991
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (33.2%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 31.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $28,269, more than ten times the $1,636 reported in 2020.
Across 215 payments — averaging $275.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$19K
- Linkbio Corp$18K
- Smith+Nephew$12K
- Medwest Associates$3K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,99527%
- Travel & lodging$19,62233%
- Food & beverage$10,68118%
- Education$12,84922%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 107 | $18,614 |
| Linkbio Corp | 14 | $17,694 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $12,400 |
| Medwest Associates | 7 | $2,862 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 17 | $2,832 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 11 | $1,323 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 10 | $1,130 |
| ERMI LLC | 4 | $1,002 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $209 |
| Orthalign Inc | 2 | $164 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $103 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $79 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $78 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $77 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $50 |
| Vertex | 2 | $48 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $45 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- MAKO$7,293
- Journey II$1,863
- TRIATHLON$1,641
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$1,516
- AMISTEM$1,177
- INSIGNIA$923
- DJO SURGICAL$917
- Oxford$851
- REDAPT$739
- GMK SPHERE$724
- VISIONAIRE$451
- Legion$451
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$405
- Legion Revision$288
- Tandem$288
- ACCOLADE$230
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$123
- Physio-Stim$119
- ROSA$106
How this compares
$59,147 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 67 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Illinois.
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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 | 70 | $3,328 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 13 | $716 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 70 | $509 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 51 | $322 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 68 | $175 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $140 |
| Amoxicillin | 113 | $122 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $75 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 20 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Lincolnshire
- Alexander TauchenLincolnshire$68K
- Wayne PaproskyWinfield$10.9M
- Scott SporerWinfield$5.3M
- Denis NamChicago$3.2M
- Craig della ValleChicago$2.4M
- Hany BedairChicago$1.1M
- Linda SuleimanChicago$898K
- Tad GerlingerChicago$642K
- Henry FinnChicago$523K
- Vasili KarasChicago$264K
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.