Louis Catalano, MD
Hand Surgery · Aurora, CONPI 1982759957
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $44,983 of the $61,434 with a category attached, or 73.2%. Medartis Inc. accounts for 72.5% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $38,073, 3.6 times the $10,569 reported in 2019. Among hand surgery clinicians in CO 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 113 payments — averaging $543.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medartis Inc.$45K
- Smith+Nephew$10K
- Axogen$965
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$854
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$805
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$742
- plus $4K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$44,98373%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,7008%
- Travel & lodging$3,7786%
- Food & beverage$7,11812%
- Education$8541%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medartis Inc. | 21 | $44,565 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $9,551 |
| Axogen | 6 | $965 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 1 | $854 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 3 | $805 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $742 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 5 | $673 |
| Stryker | 12 | $546 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 7 | $454 |
| Acumed LLC | 7 | $362 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 3 | $251 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 2 | $228 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $226 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 7 | $196 |
| Brixton Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $157 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $134 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $129 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $112 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $84 |
| Biopro, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $66 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
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.
- APTUS$44,077
- EVOS$5,468
- VLP Wrist$4,000
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$792
- XIAFLEX$656
- Checkpoint Stimulators$586
- ULTRAGUIDECTR$228
- Geminus$219
- Align$219
- IJS$219
- Implate$219
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$140
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$140
- AXSOS$139
- TAPESTRY$134
- VARIAX$132
- VersaWrap$130
- ACUMED$128
- InFrame Implant$128
- AVENGER RADIAL HEAD, +4 STEMS$112
How this compares
$61,434 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 72 hand surgery providers in Colorado.
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 hand surgery in Aurora
- Fraser LeversedgeAurora$326K
- Matthew BeltonAurora$12K
- Winthrop LockwoodAurora$7K
- Amy FenoglioAurora$7K
- Andrew MaertensAurora$4K
- Craig DavisAurora$2K
- Francis ScottAurora$523
- In YiLonetree$232K
- Steven TopperColorado Springs$158K
- Carlton ClinkscalesEnglewood$131K
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.