RxDoctor Payments Data

Mark Myerson

Orthopaedic Surgery · Baltimore, MDNPI 1386687812

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by ownership interests: $8,250,000 of the $10,511,718 with a category attached, or 78.5%. Paragon 28, Inc. accounts for 93.0% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $8,514,545 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $77,092 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MD 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.

$10,511,718in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 434 payments — averaging $24,221 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Paragon 28, Inc.$9.8M
  • Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$570K
  • Integra Lifesciences Corporation$78K
  • Smith+Nephew$39K
  • Stryker$29K
  • International Life Sciences$11K
  • plus $11K from 5 others
$4,855in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 1 payment — averaging $4854.59 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.

  • Paragon 28, Inc.$5K

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$1,028,57910%
  • Consulting fees$1,043,15110%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$2,9520%
  • Grants$27,6740%
  • Travel & lodging$50,1360%
  • Food & beverage$14,0340%
  • Charitable contribution$95,1921%
  • Ownership interest$8,250,00078%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Paragon 28, Inc.294$9,773,541
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.35$569,816
Integra Lifesciences Corporation17$78,286
Smith+Nephew22$39,392
Stryker(2 entities)38$28,870
International Life Sciences4$10,996
Bone Support Inc.1$5,000
Zimmer Biomet20$4,322
Turner Imaging Systems, Inc.1$1,234
Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.1$164
Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC1$96

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.

How this compares

$10,511,718 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 378 orthopaedic surgery providers in Maryland.

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