Ira Zaltz, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Ann Arbor, MINPI 1992709406
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $172,165 of the $208,234 with a category attached, or 82.7%. Orthopediatrics Corp. accounts for 82.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MI 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 54 payments — averaging $3856.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$172K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$31K
- Synthes GmbH$4K
- Smith+Nephew$231
- Ossio Inc$98
- Johnson & Johnson$72
- plus $39 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$172,16583%
- Consulting fees$18,0509%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,5001%
- Travel & lodging$14,2337%
- Food & beverage$1,2861%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 22 | $172,400 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 22 | $31,045 |
| Synthes GmbH | 3 | $4,350 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $231 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $98 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $72 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Mecta-C Cervical Cages$27,962
- Orthopediatric Implants$10,154
- MECTA$1,750
- MyPAO$967
- Regeneten$112
- HEALICOIL Suture Anchor$112
- Q-FIX Hip$112
- NAVIO$112
- LENS 4K$112
How this compares
$208,234 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 829 orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 20 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Ann Arbor
- Asheesh BediAnn Arbor$9.4M
- John BlahaAnn Arbor$1.5M
- Bruce MillerAnn Arbor$346K
- Rakesh PatelAnn Arbor$308K
- Aaron PerdueAnn Arbor$154K
- James GouletAnn Arbor$143K
- William AibinderAnn Arbor$136K
- Paul TalusanAnn Arbor$83K
- Jerome WiaterBeverly Hills$3.9M
- Mark PintoChelsea$3.2M
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.