Matthew Sullivan, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · East Syracuse, NYNPI 1750609004
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.7%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 44.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $32,569, 3.0 times the $11,018 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic trauma clinicians in NY 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 91 payments — averaging $695.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$28K
- Si-bone, Inc.$26K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$8K
- Johnson & Johnson$770
- Smith+Nephew$457
- Stryker$414
- plus $207 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$32,75052%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,53518%
- Travel & lodging$16,00025%
- Food & beverage$3,0505%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 34 | $28,073 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 28 | $25,764 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $7,650 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $770 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $457 |
| Stryker | 7 | $414 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $165 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
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.
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$25,483
- EX NAILS$7,650
- TRIGEN InterTAN$279
- EVOS MINI$148
- EVOS$131
- Taylor Spatial Frame$131
- IM NAILS$125
- Autobahn$122
- NA$122
- TFN ADVANCED$111
- HYDROSET$103
How this compares
$63,335 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 44 orthopaedic trauma providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 17 | $336 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in East Syracuse
- Emil AzerEast Syracuse$42K
- Lillia SteffensonEast Syracuse$6K
- David HelfetNew York$265K
- Philipp LeuchtNew York$260K
- Conor GarryNew York$63K
- Chima NwankwoBrooklyn$52K
- Brian PageNew York$43K
- Kathryn BarthNew York$38K
- Justin VaidaRochester$35K
- Michael LinnBay Shore$27K
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.