Krishna Cidambi, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · San Diego, CANPI 1275836959
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $44,651 of the $50,620 with a category attached, or 88.2%. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. accounts for 91.8% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $14,299 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $527 in 2025.
Across 87 payments — averaging $581.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$46K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Stryker$808
- Johnson & Johnson$737
- Corin USA$597
- Encore Medical, LP$342
- plus $465 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$44,65188%
- Travel & lodging$1,7243%
- Food & beverage$4,0718%
- Education$1740%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 34 | $46,446 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 16 | $1,225 |
| Stryker | 7 | $808 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $737 |
| Corin USA | 4 | $597 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 4 | $342 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $236 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $42 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| BD | 1 | $21 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- ATTUNE$44,868
- CORAIL$44,868
- MAKO$661
- ACTIS$328
- Persona$311
- Stimulan$236
- ROSA$199
- DJO SURGICAL$141
- mymobility Platform$132
- FIBULINK Syndesmosis Repair System$125
- EXPEDIUM$112
- VIPER$112
- SKYLINE$112
- Fibulink$104
How this compares
$50,620 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 136 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 18 | $614 |
| Gabapentin | 25 | $201 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $135 |
| Amoxicillin | 20 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in San Diego
- David FabiSan Diego$252K
- Thomas HongSan Diego$34K
- Chihua LeeSan Diego$16K
- William MaloneyStanford$11.1M
- James CaillouetteNewport Beach$4.8M
- William LongLos Angeles$2.8M
- John DearbornMenlo Park$2.5M
- William Bugbeela Jolla$2.1M
- James HuddlestonStanford$1.5M
- Alexander SahFremont$1.2M
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.