RxDoctor Payments Data

Kevin Setter, MD

Hand Surgery · East Syracuse, NYNPI 1740285584

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $88,612 of the $118,302 with a category attached, or 74.9%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lima USA, Inc. at 41.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $45,339 and has fallen 82.1% since, to $8,102 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$118,302in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 244 payments — averaging $484.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Lima USA, Inc.$49K
  • Limacorporate S.p.a.$44K
  • Medacta USA, Inc.$9K
  • Arthrex$5K
  • Techmah Medical, LLC$4K
  • Zimmer Biomet$2K
  • plus $6K from 15 others
$103,175in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 23 payments — averaging $4485.87 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Lima USA, Inc.$49K
  • Arthrex$27K
  • Smith+Nephew$20K
  • Integra Lifesciences Corporation$5K
  • Limacorporate S.p.a.$3K
$24,437in ownership & investment interests, 2019–2025

Across 8 payments — averaging $3054.64 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.

  • Catalyst Orthoscience$24K
  • Orthosensor Inc.$0

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$88,61275%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$4,0003%
  • Travel & lodging$13,31211%
  • Food & beverage$12,37810%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$118,302 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 178 hand surgery providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$308,340
Medicare patients
555
Services billed
11,068

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen117$811
Methylprednisolone81$547
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen36$284
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav27$137
Tramadol Hcl17$47

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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