Joseph Koscielniak, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Merrillville, INNPI 1841299468
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $2,400 of the $2,671 with a category attached, or 89.9%. Medwest Associates accounts for 90.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,442 and has fallen 94.6% since, to $132 in 2025.
Across 11 payments — averaging $242.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medwest Associates$2K
- Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc$132
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$42
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$30
- Stryker$25
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$18
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$130%
- Food & beverage$25810%
- Education$2,40090%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medwest Associates | 3 | $2,412 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 1 | $132 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
Too few orthopedic surgery providers in Indianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 83 | $3,448 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $623 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 71 | $578 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 45 | $498 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 21 | $290 |
| Nabumetone | 20 | $257 |
| Meloxicam | 111 | $168 |
| Allopurinol | 35 | $104 |
| Prednisone | 38 | $83 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Merrillville
- Scott AndrewsMerrillville$4K
- Jonathan SurdamBloomington$2K
- Thomas JosephPrinceton$2K
- John GuzzoCrown Point$951
- Robin MendelsohnGreencastle$167
- Ross MarburgerEvansville$0
- Kishan ChandHammond$0
- James HeinrichEvansville$0
- James RickertBedford$0
- Jon SieberIndianapolis$0
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.