Nicholas Bontempo, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Hartford, CTNPI 1225217102
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,151 of the $1,812 with a category attached, or 63.5%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Anika Therapeutics, Inc. at 36.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $675 and has fallen 80.2% since, to $133 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CT, where the typical reported total is $2,417.
Across 23 payments — averaging $78.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$661
- Stryker$396
- Bone Support Inc.$274
- Acumed LLC$145
- Medartis Inc.$103
- Amniox Medical, Inc.$103
- plus $130 from 4 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $18,000 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.
- Sonex Health, Inc.$18K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$66136%
- Food & beverage$1,15164%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $661 |
| Stryker | 11 | $396 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $274 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $145 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $61 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Amgen | 2 | $24 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $14 |
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.
- WristMotion$661
- ACUMED$291
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$274
- CERAMENT G$274
- InFrame Implant$145
- APTUS$103
- NEOX$103
- CLARIX$103
How this compares
$1,812 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 273 orthopaedic surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 | 28 | $99 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Hartford
- Hanbing ZhouHartford$99K
- Matthew GrossoHartford$63K
- Michael MirandaHartford$44K
- Amanda FantryHartford$22K
- Cameron KiaHartford$17K
- Peter WhangNew Haven$1.8M
- Paul SethiGreenwich$1.5M
- James YueShelton$1.3M
- Robert DeveneyDanbury$907K
- James PaceFarmington$721K
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.