John Arbuckle, MD
Pain Medicine · Carmel, INNPI 1043292188
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $4,608 of the $5,606 with a category attached, or 82.2%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 82.2% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,161 and has fallen 91.5% since, to $184 in 2025.
Across 31 payments — averaging $180.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$5K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$254
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$226
- Boston Scientific$187
- Stryker$168
- Si-bone, Inc.$54
- plus $109 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$99818%
- Education$4,60882%
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 | 16 | $4,608 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $254 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $226 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $187 |
| Stryker | 1 | $168 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $19 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Persona$1,746
- Lapidus Plate$748
- Intracept$679
- ROSA$661
- G7$359
- Comprehensive Anatomic$229
- Stratum Foot Plating System$227
- Juggerknot$214
- Alps Plates and Instruments$214
- Juggerknot-Foot & Ankle$210
- mild Device Kit$204
- OMNICURVE$168
How this compares
$5,606 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 128 pain medicine providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 112 | $1,210 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $1,158 |
| Methylprednisolone | 153 | $1,089 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 64 | $887 |
| Meloxicam | 66 | $518 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 22 | $355 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 54 | $288 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 30 | $213 |
| Diazepam | 22 | $126 |
| Alprazolam | 28 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Carmel
- Derron WilsonCarmel$616K
- Kevin MacadaegCarmel$337K
- Neil FarrenCarmel$11K
- Robert FunkCarmel$9K
- Jonathan GentileCarmel$9K
- Andrew TrobridgeMuncie$253K
- Meredith LanghorstFishers$233K
- Abhishek DasMishawaka$186K
- Rajiv TewariFishers$140K
- John SwoffordIndianapolis$127K
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.