Lawrence Gulotta
Orthopaedic Surgery · New York, NYNPI 1952511297
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (57.9%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Exactech, Inc. at 53.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $393,219, 3.5 times the $111,452 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic 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.
Across 318 payments — averaging $4432.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exactech, Inc.$756K
- Zimmer Biomet$569K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$30K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$24K
- Smith+Nephew$15K
- Responsive Arthroscopy Inc$12K
- plus $3K from 14 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $10,650 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.
- Exactech, Inc.$11K
Across 7 payments — averaging $21,429 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Responsive Arthroscopy Inc$150K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$815,59958%
- Consulting fees$482,22634%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,2831%
- Travel & lodging$22,5102%
- Food & beverage$12,6231%
- Education$61,3424%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exactech, Inc. | 165 | $756,264 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 66 | $568,748 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 19 | $30,098 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 29 | $23,976 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $15,434 |
| Responsive Arthroscopy Inc | 12 | $12,281 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 1 | $862 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $215 |
| Extremity Medical | 1 | $210 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 2 | $200 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 1 | $194 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $177 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 1 | $171 |
| Aesculap Biologics, LLC | 1 | $151 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $143 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $131 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $130 |
| Amgen | 5 | $103 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $28 |
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.
- EQUINOXE$751,547
- Comprehensive Glenoid$112,741
- ALLIANCE$74,646
- COMPREHENSIVE$69,570
- RIGIDLOOP$31,268
- BRISTOW-LATARJET$31,268
- PSI Knee$28,478
- FMS Duo$27,173
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$13,869
- Porous NexGen$12,079
- Responsive Arthroscopy Devices$12,026
- BIOSURE REGENESORB$9,402
- TRUNAV$9,402
- Regeneten$6,000
- HEALIX$5,850
- VISUALIZATION$4,095
- Gryphon Orthocord$2,193
- VANTAGE$1,057
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$672
- NOVATION HIP$424
How this compares
$1,409,583 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,079 orthopaedic surgery providers in New York.
Other orthopaedic surgery in New York
- Anthony RomeoNew York$26.8M
- Lawrence LenkeNew York$26.8M
- Edwin SuNew York$13.2M
- William RicciNew York$11.6M
- Steven HaasNew York$11.3M
- Giles ScuderiNew York$10.7M
- Joseph ZuckermanNew York$9.9M
- Evan FlatowNew York$9.6M
- Bradford ParsonsNew York$9.4M
- Geoffrey WestrichNew York$7.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.