Michael Huang, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1962515098
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.3%), royalties or licence payments and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 72.6% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $209,731, 3.2 times the $66,194 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CO 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 758 payments — averaging $914.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$503K
- Linvatec Corporation$168K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$10K
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- Alliance Medical$702
- plus $1K from 6 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $3087.31 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$40K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$214,42131%
- Consulting fees$115,47917%
- Speaking & faculty fees$293,06042%
- Travel & lodging$41,3306%
- Food & beverage$20,6733%
- Education$8,0091%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 499 | $503,295 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 101 | $167,579 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 59 | $10,444 |
| Smith+Nephew | 45 | $6,998 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 27 | $2,697 |
| Alliance Medical | 10 | $702 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 7 | $455 |
| Stryker | 5 | $295 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $259 |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $181 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
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.
- ARTHREX$647,810
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$93,904
- PRESSFT$67,610
- EZSTART SCREW$2,976
- CAPITAL CONSUMABLES CONSUMABLES RF BRF$1,330
- HEALICOIL REGENESORB$1,200
- HALL POWER$1,138
- Suturefix$1,059
- Q-FIX$1,058
- Bioraptor Knotless$909
- SPEEDLOCK HIP$909
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$909
- Persona$840
- LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$751
- Coblation Wands$726
- Arcos$628
- Taperloc$460
- NA$409
- LINVATEC EXTREMITIES$298
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$298
How this compares
$692,973 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 383 orthopaedic surgery providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 20 | $247 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 20 | $236 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $175 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Colorado Springs
- Douglas CrowtherColorado Springs$314K
- Sean KellyColorado Springs$149K
- William CicconeColorado Springs$111K
- Gary SimpsonColorado Springs$71K
- John EakinColorado Springs$38K
- Joel MattaVail$21M
- Douglas DennisDenver$16.8M
- Brian HaasDenver$5.1M
- Theodore SchlegelGreenwood Village$5M
- Charlie YangDenver$3.6M
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.