Nathaniel Long, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Columbus, OHNPI 1396860136
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (30.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 88.6% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH 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 497 payments — averaging $266.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$118K
- CDC Medical LLC$7K
- COSA Medical, LLC$2K
- Stryker$2K
- BD$1K
- Smith+Nephew$595
- plus $2K from 15 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $5618.58 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.
- Arthrex$45K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,61031%
- Speaking & faculty fees$40,93431%
- Travel & lodging$34,20826%
- Food & beverage$13,87410%
- Education$3,0232%
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 | 346 | $117,578 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 63 | $7,061 |
| COSA Medical, LLC | 21 | $2,433 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 21 | $2,177 |
| BD | 13 | $1,047 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $595 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $207 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 3 | $198 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $185 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $173 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $156 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $122 |
| Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Amgen | 7 | $97 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $45 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
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.
- REUNION$760
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$491
- VARIAX$420
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$288
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$288
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$288
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$270
- AIRCAST$214
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$170
- Restrata Wound Matrix$157
- GAMMA$156
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$148
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$121
- Regeneten$120
- Integrity Orthopaedics$114
- CFNS StimQ Peripheral Nerve StimulatorSystem$113
- SCS FreedonSpinal Cord Stimulator$113
- AEQUALIS$109
- REELX$108
- CHAMPION SLINGSHOT$108
How this compares
$132,649 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $106 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $79 |
| Amoxicillin | 23 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Columbus
- Safdar KhanColumbus$744K
- Thomas ScharschmidtColumbus$403K
- Benjamin TaylorColumbus$373K
- Sharat KusumaColumbus$137K
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Brian CohenChillicothe$8.8M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- John SontichYoungstown$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.