Mark Hartzband
Orthopaedic Surgery · Paramus, NJNPI 1386639722
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $9,363,667 of the $9,383,041 with a category attached, or 99.8%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 99.6% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,299,559 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $15,708 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NJ 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 59 payments — averaging $159,035 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$9.3M
- Encore Medical, LP$35K
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$124
- Pfizer$15
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$9,363,667100%
- Consulting fees$18,0000%
- Food & beverage$1,3740%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 29 | $9,348,238 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 28 | $34,664 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Pfizer | 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.
- Persona$9,233,607
- Persona Revision$114,583
- DJO SURGICAL$426
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$144
- DJO Surgical 3DKnee System$140
- DJO Surgical Linear Hip System$132
- MPO Hip System$124
How this compares
$9,383,041 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 587 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 45 | $533 |
| Amoxicillin | 37 | $97 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Paramus
- Gregg KleinParamus$1.5M
- Michael AstParamus$1.3M
- Ajay LallParamus$415K
- Ari SeidensteinParamus$285K
- Eitan KohanParamus$73K
- Michael KellyHackensack$9.7M
- Randal BetzLawrenceville$3M
- Luke AustinSewell$2.9M
- Kenneth MontgomeryMorristown$2.7M
- Zachary PostEgg Harbor Township$1.7M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.