Laura Copaken, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Frederick, MDNPI 1043268642
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 19 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopedic surgery clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $622.
Across 19 payments — averaging $18.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$62
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$41
- Bioventus LLC$39
- Smith+Nephew$28
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$27
- Bristol Myers Squibb$21
- plus $136 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$354100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $62 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $28 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$354 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 24 orthopedic surgery providers in Maryland.
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.
Other orthopedic surgery in Frederick
- Jeffrey GilsdorfFrederick$540
- Christopher CannovaBethesda$1.6M
- Craig MillerBethesda$72K
- Jason KinneyBaltimore$22K
- Mark PetersonRockville$13K
- Akachimere UzosikeBaltimore$12K
- James MurphyGlen Burnie$2K
- Andrew SiekanowiczSilver Spring$2K
- Benjamin KnoxEaston$2K
- Olumuyiwa PaulGlenn Dale$1K
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.