Nicholas Capito, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1114238474
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $70,524 of the $83,343 with a category attached, or 84.6%. Catalyst Orthoscience accounts for 76.0% of it on its own, with 30 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $28,935 and has fallen 65.1% since, to $10,090 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA 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 133 payments — averaging $626.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Catalyst Orthoscience$63K
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$10K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Stryker$3K
- Encore Medical, LP$1K
- Smith+Nephew$499
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$70,52485%
- Travel & lodging$6,7708%
- Food & beverage$6,0497%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 43 | $63,347 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 12 | $9,623 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $4,236 |
| Stryker | 18 | $2,770 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 6 | $1,350 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $499 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $262 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $227 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $141 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $115 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $106 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $94 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $48 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $30 |
| Vertex | 1 | $28 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $21 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $19 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $13 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Catalyst CSR Shoulder System$28,169
- Catalyst Total CSR$24,177
- DJO SURGICAL$2,270
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$2,113
- R1 Reverse Shoulder System$603
- Archer CSR Total Shoulder System$516
- Archer R1 Reverse Shoulder System$516
- InSet System$460
- SIMPLICITI$340
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$288
- Midshaft Plating System$227
- Integrity$148
- INHANCE$126
- Geminus$115
- Align$115
- IJS$115
- Implate$115
- AEQUALIS$109
- DJO Surgical 3DKnee System$106
How this compares
$83,343 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 106 | $920 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 139 | $828 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 103 | $679 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 42 | $537 |
| Methylprednisolone | 92 | $430 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 40 | $411 |
| Pregabalin | 48 | $234 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 27 | $195 |
| Cephalexin | 88 | $175 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 42 | $147 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Augusta
- Stephen ParadaAugusta$604K
- Lynn CrosbyAugusta$536K
- John DevineAugusta$331K
- Uzondu AgochukwuAugusta$194K
- Nathan KukowskiAugusta$108K
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
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.