Joseph Legato, MD
Hand Surgery · Bloomfield, NJNPI 1265813935
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (46.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 54.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,840 and has fallen 95.9% since, to $197 in 2025.
Across 46 payments — averaging $130.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Trimed, Inc.$519
- Stryker$518
- Liberty Surgical Inc.$392
- Medartis Inc.$317
- Axogen$284
- plus $698 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,10418%
- Food & beverage$2,00633%
- Education$2,79246%
- Entertainment$1222%
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 | 15 | $3,296 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $519 |
| Stryker | 5 | $518 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 1 | $392 |
| Medartis Inc. | 3 | $317 |
| Axogen | 5 | $284 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $149 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 2 | $126 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $111 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 3 | $104 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $88 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- VARIAX$320
- APTUS$310
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$235
- BIO4$163
- REUNION$163
- Xperience$149
- BlastX$149
- SurgX$149
- PRIME SERIES$121
How this compares
$6,024 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 87 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 83 | $251 |
| Methylprednisolone | 22 | $129 |
| Ibuprofen | 15 | $57 |
| Naproxen | 12 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Bloomfield
- Charles LeinberryEgg Harbor Twp$3.1M
- John CapoJersey City$1.1M
- Virak TanNewark$711K
- Gary PessEatontown$212K
- Mark RekantCherry Hill$209K
- Teddy AtikEatontown$37K
- Bishoy SaadJersey City$33K
- Genghis NiverFlorham Park$27K
- Michael VosbikianNewark$26K
- Linda ChaoCape May Court House$19K
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.