Jordan Nester
Orthopaedic Surgery · Gaylord, MINPI 1689106270
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (56.3%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 66.2% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $22,160 and has fallen 76.9% since, to $5,124 in 2025.
Across 128 payments — averaging $277.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$24K
- Novus Surgical Solutions LLC$4K
- Stryker$2K
- Zak Ortho$2K
- ALON Medical Technology$1K
- Smith+Nephew$414
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00056%
- Travel & lodging$4,77613%
- Food & beverage$5,92417%
- Education$4,80014%
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 | 48 | $23,504 |
| Novus Surgical Solutions LLC | 4 | $3,670 |
| Stryker | 35 | $2,438 |
| Zak Ortho | 11 | $2,218 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 3 | $1,300 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $414 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 4 | $318 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $299 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $293 |
| Medwest Associates | 2 | $184 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| US Implant Solutions, LLC | 1 | $138 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $124 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $123 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $109 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- MAKO$1,039
- GAMMA$620
- T2$607
- REUNION$583
- ADAPT$470
- ACUMED$438
- TRITANIUM$396
- TRIDENT$283
- MOBILE BEARING HIP SYSTEM$260
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$257
- Healicoil$253
- PANGEA$173
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$159
- Acutrak Headless Compression Screw System$147
- Forefoot/Midfoot Plating System$147
- CROSSFIRE$137
- TRIATHLON$136
- X3$136
- Q-FIX$126
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$126
How this compares
$35,500 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Gaylord
- Louis HabrylGaylord$113K
- Asheesh BediAnn Arbor$9.4M
- Jerome WiaterBeverly Hills$3.9M
- Mark PintoChelsea$3.2M
- Kyle AndersonBingham Farms$3.1M
- Stephen BartolDetroit$2.6M
- Jad KhalilSouthfield$1.9M
- Jeffrey FischgrundSouthfield$1.8M
- John BlahaAnn Arbor$1.5M
- David MarkelSouthfield$1.5M
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.