RxDoctor Payments Data

Mark Ruoff, MD

Orthopedic Surgery · Wayne, NJNPI 1710949276

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,403 of the $8,708 with a category attached, or 73.5%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 41.8% of the total. Among orthopedic surgery clinicians in NJ 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.

$8,708in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 103 payments — averaging $84.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Stryker$4K
  • CTL Medical Corporation$1K
  • Centinel Spine, LLC$1K
  • Globus Medical$988
  • Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$375
  • Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$358
  • plus $1K from 20 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$2,30426%
  • Food & beverage$6,40374%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

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.

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

$8,708 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 32 orthopedic surgery providers in New Jersey.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$101,801
Medicare patients
186
Services billed
760

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
ProliaDenosumab25$43,392
LyricaPregabalin12$12,276
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen37$1,809
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen84$1,801
Calcitonin-SalmonCalcitonin,salmon,synthetic31$1,715
Gabapentin91$715
Tramadol Hcl54$611
Oxycodone Hcl30$591
Celecoxib20$296
Meloxicam114$293
Hydromorphone Hcl14$202
Nabumetone12$186
Pregabalin29$151
Methylprednisolone18$128
Diazepam36$116

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other orthopedic surgery in Wayne

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