John Sullivan, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Vero Beach, FLNPI 1942294095
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.3%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 34.6% of the total.
Across 229 payments — averaging $66.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$5K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc.$1K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$695
- Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc.$612
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$320%
- Travel & lodging$5,92739%
- Food & beverage$6,69144%
- Education$2,46716%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 47 | $5,227 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 26 | $2,625 |
| Smith+Nephew | 40 | $1,599 |
| Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc. | 3 | $1,464 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $695 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 4 | $612 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 22 | $496 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $468 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $301 |
| Stryker | 5 | $264 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 13 | $208 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 2 | $156 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 7 | $138 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $132 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $119 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $85 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $58 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $57 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $56 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $33 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $28 |
| Vertex | 1 | $26 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Moximed, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $17 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ROSA$1,546
- Iovera$621
- Zilretta$621
- Latarjet System$483
- Q-FIX$483
- Oxford$228
- MAKO$159
- Regeneten$144
- AquaBeam Robotic System$119
- Coblation Wands$117
- Healicoil$117
- NA$115
- SurgX$112
- Xperience$112
- ZMR$107
- Affixus$103
- TFN ADVANCED$100
How this compares
$15,116 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 | 27 | $647 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $97 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $69 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 19 | $67 |
| Prednisone | 20 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Vero Beach
- Gary HarterVero Beach$3.6M
- Richard SteinfeldVero Beach$409K
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
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.