Joseph Bellapianta, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Montclair, NJNPI 1588823165
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 112 payments — averaging $388.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$41K
- Stryker$515
- Johnson & Johnson$508
- Zimmer Biomet$309
- Avanos Medical$171
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$120
- plus $789 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,98530%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,86843%
- Travel & lodging$7,70118%
- Food & beverage$3,8229%
- Entertainment$900%
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 | 50 | $41,053 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 15 | $515 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $508 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $309 |
| Avanos Medical | 7 | $171 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $119 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $88 |
| Amgen | 6 | $80 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $45 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $32 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| GSK | 1 | $14 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| MML US, Inc. | 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.
- Healicoil$9,477
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$8,247
- Q-FIX$4,352
- SPATIAL FRAME$4,330
- PINPOINT System$2,600
- Fast-Fix 360$2,574
- SPEEDLOCK HIP$1,678
- Hipstruments$1,678
- BIORAPTOR$1,660
- Osteoraptor$1,660
- Suturefix$1,660
- BIORAPTOR Shoulder$1,660
- ULTRABUTTON$1,187
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$476
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$431
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$349
- NOVOSTITCH$178
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$178
- Engage Partial Knee System$178
- Bioraptor Knotless$162
How this compares
$43,466 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 587 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 | 37 | $15,018 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $6,671 |
| Celecoxib | 48 | $736 |
| Diclofenac Sodium-MisoprostolDiclofenac Sodium/Misoprostol | 13 | $561 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 94 | $475 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 44 | $345 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 13 | $319 |
| Naproxen | 39 | $290 |
| Ibuprofen | 43 | $249 |
| Meloxicam | 40 | $187 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $167 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 20 | $110 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $90 |
| Amoxicillin | 26 | $90 |
| Mupirocin | 11 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $508 | $6,67112 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 587 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Montclair
- Michael KellyHackensack$9.7M
- Mark HartzbandParamus$9.4M
- Luke AustinSewell$4.3M
- Randal BetzLawrenceville$3M
- Kenneth MontgomeryMorristown$2.7M
- Zachary PostEgg Harbor Township$1.7M
- Gregg KleinParamus$1.6M
- Harlan LevineMontvale$1.5M
- Jeffrey AbramsPrinceton$1.5M
- Michael AstParamus$1.3M
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.