Michael Albert
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Dayton, OHNPI 1508807793
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $332,082 of the $373,883 with a category attached, or 88.8%. Orthopediatrics Corp. accounts for 98.8% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among pediatric orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH 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 111 payments — averaging $3368.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$369K
- Arthrex$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$733
- Smith+Nephew$661
- Medtronic$312
- Axogen$171
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$332,08289%
- Consulting fees$29,2508%
- Travel & lodging$7,7032%
- Food & beverage$4,8481%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 59 | $369,360 |
| Arthrex | 15 | $1,546 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $733 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $661 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $312 |
| Axogen | 2 | $171 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $133 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Stryker | 2 | $122 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Curasan, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| 7d Surgical ULC | 1 | $67 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $67 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Orthopediatric Implants$39,095
- The Tether$585
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$161
- Magellan$154
- MazorX - Renaissance$127
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$122
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$122
- CellerateRx$116
- TRUELOK SYSTEM$115
- Firebird$115
- FITBONE$115
- ILIZAROV$102
- Taylor Spatial Frame$102
- MAVERICK$102
How this compares
$373,883 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 52 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 21 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Dayton
- Carla BridgesDayton$18K
- Jeffrey MikutisDayton$3K
- Melissa MartinekDayton$3K
- Nicholas GajewskiDayton$1K
- Craig ShankDayton$1K
- Claire BeimeschDayton$905
- Ryan GoodwinCleveland$383K
- Michael GlotzbeckerCleveland$346K
- Christopher IobstColumbus$185K
- Walter SamoraColumbus$128K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.