Mauricio Kfuri, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Columbia, MONPI 1184091118
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (59.3%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Synthes GmbH accounts for 95.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $16,501 and has fallen 55.9% since, to $7,272 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MO 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.
Across 93 payments — averaging $697.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$62K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$1K
- Arthrex$996
- Johnson & Johnson$209
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$126
- Zimmer Biomet$108
- plus $55 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5002%
- Speaking & faculty fees$38,45059%
- Travel & lodging$21,95934%
- Food & beverage$8081%
- Education$2,1663%
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 | 80 | $62,171 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 2 | $1,218 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $996 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $209 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $108 |
| Stryker | 1 | $55 |
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.
- MPO Medial Pivot Knee$126
- N/A$100
How this compares
$64,884 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 455 orthopaedic surgery providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 35 | $127 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 31 | $115 |
| Cephalexin | 28 | $107 |
| Meloxicam | 44 | $100 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Columbia
- Matthew SmithColumbia$2.9M
- Kurt BormannColumbia$203K
- Bhajanjit BalColumbia$171K
- Michael GhassibiColumbia$37K
- Patrick RowanColumbia$36K
- Jay KeenerSaint Louis$2.2M
- John WatsonSaint Louis$1.7M
- Peter ChalmersSaint Louis$603K
- Katherine BurnsBridgeton$491K
- Jeremy StattonLees Summit$457K
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.