Kara Sarrel, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Forest Hills, NYNPI 1396192647
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (44.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 52.5% of the total.
Across 180 payments — averaging $105.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$10K
- Sportstek Medical, Inc$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Acumed LLC$1K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,53745%
- Food & beverage$8,10543%
- Education$2,36012%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 90 | $9,966 |
| Sportstek Medical, Inc | 2 | $2,360 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 12 | $1,570 |
| Acumed LLC | 7 | $1,372 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 10 | $1,156 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 44 | $1,135 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $484 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $304 |
| Orthalign Inc | 2 | $205 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $156 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $74 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $27 |
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$6,539
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$1,201
- Hand Fracture System$1,201
- Persona$1,180
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$992
- ACCOLADE$920
- MODULAR HAND SYSTEM$765
- TRIATHLON$513
- Acutrak Headless Compression Screw System$436
- HIP7$351
- VARIAX$282
- NA$282
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$205
- AXSOS$172
- PRO-DENSE$170
- GAMMA$162
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$156
- Avenir$145
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$133
- POLARSTEM$133
How this compares
$19,002 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 85 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in New York.
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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 | 66 | $995 |
| Meloxicam | 63 | $228 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 33 | $177 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $127 |
| Naproxen | 15 | $99 |
| Mupirocin | 14 | $77 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $41 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Forest Hills
- Seth JerabekNew York$7.1M
- Jose RodriguezNew York$3.4M
- Friedrich BoettnerNew York$2.9M
- Jonathan VigdorchikNew York$2.3M
- William LongNew York$1.5M
- Peter SculcoNew York$1.5M
- Roshan ShahNew York$1.3M
- Herbert CooperNew York$1.3M
- Matthew AustinNew York$986K
- Patrick MeereNew York$191K
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.