Justin Arner, MD
Sports Medicine · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1871932467
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $22,188 of the $36,351 with a category attached, or 61.0%. Arthrex accounts for 64.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $21,525 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $118 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 124 payments — averaging $293.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$23K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$8K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- DJO, LLC$2K
- Stryker$260
- Zimmer Biomet$149
- plus $254 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$22,18861%
- Travel & lodging$9,20825%
- Food & beverage$2,5557%
- Education$2,4007%
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 | 72 | $23,345 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 35 | $7,799 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $2,357 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $2,188 |
| Stryker | 2 | $260 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $149 |
| Bodycad USA Corp | 1 | $137 |
| Newclip USA LLC | 1 | $104 |
| Vericel Corporation | 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.
- SPEEDLOCK HIP$1,938
- Hipstruments$1,938
- NA$168
- Persona$149
- Comprehensive Shoulder$149
- Oxford-Knees$149
- HEALICOIL PK Shoulder$138
- REGENETEN Shoulder$138
- Biosure$138
- Q-FIX Hip$138
- Fine Osteotomy$137
How this compares
$36,351 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 311 sports medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naproxen | 17 | $93 |
| Meloxicam | 39 | $88 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 25 | $53 |
| Amoxicillin | 15 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Pittsburgh
- Sam AkhavanPittsburgh$2.2M
- Albert LinPittsburgh$460K
- Tyler HauerPittsburgh$48K
- Justin HicksPittsburgh$39K
- Darren FrankPittsburgh$39K
- Guang Ting CongPittsburgh$36K
- Ryan NussbaumPittsburgh$26K
- Patrick McMahonPittsburgh$16K
- Sommer HammoudPhiladelphia$238K
- Theresa PazionisPhiladelphia$235K
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.