Michael Higgins
Orthopaedic Surgery · Spring Hill, FLNPI 1538134903
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,145 of the $3,075 with a category attached, or 69.8%. Medacta USA, Inc. accounts for 76.6% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,491 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $85 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $5,564.
Across 23 payments — averaging $133.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medacta USA, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$557
- Linvatec Corporation$61
- Bioventus LLC$36
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$23
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$19
- plus $23 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$80%
- Travel & lodging$2,14570%
- Food & beverage$92230%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 9 | $2,356 |
| Stryker | 7 | $557 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $61 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Stability Biologics, LLC | 1 | $8 |
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.
How this compares
$3,075 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 492 | $2,740 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 144 | $2,327 |
| Gabapentin | 120 | $1,558 |
| Baclofen | 73 | $875 |
| Prednisone | 92 | $363 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $193 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $149 |
| Amoxicillin | 20 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Spring Hill
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
- Bryan SpringerJacksonville$6.3M
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.