Merrill Gladden, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Bowling Green, OHNPI 1275528275
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Trimed, Inc. at 45.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,558 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $80 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $3,554.
Across 52 payments — averaging $63.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trimed, Inc.$1K
- Arthrex$542
- CDC Medical LLC$433
- Stryker$148
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$64
- Vertex$63
- plus $539 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,46945%
- Food & beverage$1,81455%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $1,493 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $542 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 4 | $433 |
| Stryker | 5 | $148 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Vertex | 3 | $63 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $59 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Amgen | 4 | $52 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $52 |
| Axogen | 2 | $44 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $12 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
How this compares
$3,283 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 794 orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 13 | $7,857 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 126 | $1,010 |
| Gabapentin | 58 | $948 |
| Nabumetone | 52 | $636 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 71 | $317 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 31 | $305 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 75 | $152 |
| Naproxen | 12 | $141 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $126 |
| Meloxicam | 52 | $97 |
| Amoxicillin | 21 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Bowling Green
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Brian CohenChillicothe$8.8M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- John SontichYoungstown$3.6M
- Anthony MiniaciCleveland$3.1M
- David WelkerMiamisburg$2.8M
- Kenneth GreeneCleveland$2.6M
- Mark FroimsonCleveland$2.5M
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.