Matthew Pepe, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Egg Harbor Township, NJNPI 1083653398
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 70 payments — averaging $343.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$10K
- Globus Medical$9K
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$662
- Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc.$126
- plus $594 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,96958%
- Travel & lodging$5,88224%
- Food & beverage$3,48515%
- Gifts$6893%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 22 | $9,738 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $8,796 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 5 | $2,498 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 12 | $1,611 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $662 |
| Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc. | 2 | $126 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $125 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 2 | $123 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $90 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $59 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Amgen | 3 | $43 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$7,444
- InSet System$2,421
- VISIONAIRE$975
- Captivate VL$696
- Ascend Flex$689
- NA$371
- VAPR$247
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$235
- Gryphon Orthocord$221
- AETOS Shoulder System$215
- Regeneten$212
- TRIATHLON$147
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$136
- FMS Duo$131
- AEQUALIS$121
- Ambient Wands$107
- MICRORAPTOR Knotless Anchor$107
- BioBrace 23mm$106
How this compares
$24,025 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 587 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $54 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 34 | $34 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 41 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Egg Harbor Township
- Zachary PostEgg Harbor Township$1.7M
- Alvin OngEgg Harbor Township$844K
- Barrett WoodsEgg Harbor Township$552K
- Michael KellyHackensack$9.7M
- Mark HartzbandParamus$9.4M
- Luke AustinSewell$4.3M
- Randal BetzLawrenceville$3M
- Kenneth MontgomeryMorristown$2.7M
- Gregg KleinParamus$1.6M
- Harlan LevineMontvale$1.5M
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.