Mark Elkus, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1366515033
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $24,417 of the $34,384 with a category attached, or 71.0%. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Think Surgical, Inc. at 41.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $11,451 and has fallen 91.5% since, to $975 in 2025.
Across 150 payments — averaging $229.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Think Surgical, Inc.$14K
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$13K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$436
- Orthalign Inc$281
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,41771%
- Travel & lodging$5,01115%
- Food & beverage$4,95614%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 13 | $14,363 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 26 | $13,326 |
| Johnson & Johnson(4 entities) | 21 | $2,119 |
| Stryker | 11 | $1,944 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 4 | $436 |
| Orthalign Inc | 3 | $281 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $249 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $224 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $201 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 16 | $188 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $168 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 1 | $166 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $84 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $35 |
| Atland Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $32 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $28 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| BD | 1 | $20 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $18 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 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.
- TMINI Miniature Robotic System$14,124
- COREHIP SYSTEM$11,397
- MAKO$1,671
- COREHIP PRIMARY$1,204
- DERMABOND Portfolio$1,063
- CellerateRx$420
- PLASMAFIT PRO ACETABULAR SYSTEM$400
- Velys$384
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$275
- DJO SURGICAL$201
- Irrisept$168
- BlastX$166
- Xperience$166
- DERMABOND PRINEO$161
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$144
How this compares
$34,384 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 319 orthopaedic surgery providers in Alabama.
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 | 219 | $4,300 |
| Tranexamic Acid | 119 | $4,083 |
| Celecoxib | 172 | $3,560 |
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $3,300 |
| Gabapentin | 346 | $1,919 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 164 | $1,717 |
| Methylprednisolone | 198 | $1,549 |
| Pregabalin | 23 | $1,258 |
| Meloxicam | 260 | $1,064 |
| Calcitonin-SalmonCalcitonin,salmon,synthetic | 12 | $592 |
| Naproxen | 61 | $556 |
| Cefadroxil | 93 | $526 |
| Etodolac | 18 | $417 |
| Methocarbamol | 99 | $396 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 65 | $258 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Birmingham
- Jeffrey DugasBirmingham$11.5M
- Benton EmblomBirmingham$3M
- Herrick SiegelBirmingham$1.2M
- Kenneth MooreBirmingham$342K
- Joseph SherrillBirmingham$221K
- Jonathan QuadeBirmingham$217K
- Ginger BryantBirmingham$209K
- Marcus RothermichBirmingham$207K
- Daniel KimBirmingham$147K
- Eugene BrabstonBirmingham$117K
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.