Kyle Busch, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · North Kansas City, MONPI 1659892859
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (52.0%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 47.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $38,376 and has fallen 90.1% since, to $3,801 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MO 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 176 payments — averaging $300.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$25K
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$8K
- Titan Surgical Group, LLC$5K
- Stryker$4K
- Linvatec Corporation$4K
- DJO, LLC$4K
- plus $4K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$27,50052%
- Travel & lodging$8,08215%
- Food & beverage$6,03511%
- Education$11,30021%
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 | 44 | $25,031 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 15 | $7,529 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 20 | $4,668 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 60 | $4,324 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $3,750 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $3,750 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 14 | $2,660 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $581 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $249 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $73 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $71 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $59 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $54 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$3,750
- DYNACORD$2,406
- MAKO$1,724
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$555
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$350
- Persona$350
- Identity$350
- REUNION$173
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$157
- AXSOS$155
- VARIAX$118
- COBRA$117
- ICONIX$117
How this compares
$52,917 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 455 orthopaedic surgery providers in Missouri.
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 | 35 | $325 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 36 | $310 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 26 | $187 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $166 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 39 | $153 |
| Meloxicam | 35 | $91 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $74 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in North Kansas City
- Matthew SmithColumbia$2.9M
- Jay KeenerSaint Louis$2.2M
- John WatsonSaint Louis$1.7M
- Peter ChalmersSaint Louis$603K
- Katherine BurnsBridgeton$491K
- Jeremy StattonLees Summit$457K
- Lionel MetzSaint Louis$428K
- Michael HellmanLees Summit$365K
- Jon CarlsonSaint Louis$354K
- Akin CilKansas City$318K
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.