John Mueller, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Brookfield, CTNPI 1821557950
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $45,000 of the $52,723 with a category attached, or 85.4%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 49.5% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 67 payments — averaging $786.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$26K
- Arthrex$21K
- Encore Medical, LP$3K
- Stryker$575
- Zimmer Biomet$574
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$453
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5003%
- Grants$45,00085%
- Travel & lodging$2,1254%
- Food & beverage$4,0988%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 13 | $26,081 |
| Arthrex | 12 | $21,294 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 4 | $2,620 |
| Stryker | 5 | $575 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $574 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 9 | $453 |
| Polaris Technology Solutions LLC | 3 | $335 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 8 | $312 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 2 | $144 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $129 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $113 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 1 | $48 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $27 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals 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.
- DJO SURGICAL$7,631
- Evoke$317
- TAPESTRY$279
- AETOS Shoulder System$264
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$170
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$162
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$142
- Healicoil$141
- SPATIAL FRAME$141
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$141
- Trabecular Metal (TM)$134
- BioBrace 23mm$129
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$129
- HALL POWER$129
- ALLOGRAFT TISSUE$129
- POLARSTEM$122
- Tandem$120
- T2$115
How this compares
$52,723 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Brookfield
- Sanjay GuptaBrookfield$30K
- Peter WhangNew Haven$1.8M
- Paul SethiGreenwich$1.5M
- James YueShelton$1.3M
- Robert DeveneyDanbury$907K
- James PaceFarmington$721K
- Isaac MossFarmington$676K
- David FrumbergNew Haven$288K
- John KeggiMiddlebury$264K
- Lauren GeaneyFarmington$263K
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.