John Cuellar, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Babylon, NYNPI 1346547288
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (44.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. at 42.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,690 and has fallen 62.9% since, to $1,368 in 2025.
Across 71 payments — averaging $116.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$4K
- Stryker$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$627
- Highridge Medical LLC$30
- plus $86 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,55619%
- Food & beverage$3,07537%
- Education$3,66944%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 3 | $3,557 |
| Stryker | 38 | $1,599 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 13 | $1,306 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $1,095 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $627 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $30 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Orthofix Medical, 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.
- Legion Revision$709
- REDAPT Revision Hip System$709
- Avenir$643
- GAMMA$158
- Journey II CR$150
- CROSSTIE$148
- ROSA$146
- VA-LCP$118
- Persona$112
- NA$109
- Comprehensive Shoulder$109
- TFN ADVANCED$109
How this compares
$8,300 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 44 orthopaedic trauma 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 82 | $919 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 29 | $144 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $122 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $85 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Babylon
- Saila DetoreBabylon$695
- David HelfetNew York$265K
- Philipp LeuchtNew York$260K
- Matthew SullivanEast Syracuse$63K
- Conor GarryNew York$63K
- Chima NwankwoBrooklyn$52K
- Brian PageNew York$43K
- Emil AzerEast Syracuse$42K
- Kathryn BarthNew York$38K
- Justin VaidaRochester$35K
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.