Oscar Vazquez, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Hackensack, NJNPI 1063608875
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.2%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 36.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $22,421 and has fallen 70.1% since, to $6,698 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NJ 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 350 payments — averaging $249.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$32K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$9K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$7K
- Acumed LLC$7K
- Amgen$5K
- Ossio Inc$5K
- plus $23K from 31 others
Across 25 payments — averaging $1817.44 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.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$18K
- Linvatec Corporation$15K
- Zimmer Biomet$6K
- Smith+Nephew$6K
Across 5 payments — averaging $144,151 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Zurimed Technologies Inc.$582K
- Lazurite Inc.$75K
- Overture Orthopaedics$64K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$45,60452%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,14418%
- Travel & lodging$6,5087%
- Food & beverage$16,73419%
- Education$2,1392%
- Gifts$670%
- Entertainment$190%
- Other$1810%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 84 | $32,237 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 5 | $8,903 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $7,184 |
| Acumed LLC | 24 | $6,795 |
| Amgen | 31 | $4,517 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $4,504 |
| Abanza Inc. | 3 | $3,194 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 22 | $3,026 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 45 | $2,855 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 7 | $2,647 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 42 | $2,085 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 5 | $1,948 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 10 | $1,702 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,094 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $851 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 4 | $692 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $532 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $322 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $284 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $266 |
| Biorez, Inc. | 1 | $244 |
| Overture Orthopaedics | 3 | $229 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $211 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $176 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Linkbio Corp | 1 | $123 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $119 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $104 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $101 |
| Lazurite Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Abbott | 1 | $28 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 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.
- ACUMED$8,127
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$4,680
- RevoMotion$3,862
- WasherCap Fixation System 10mm$3,194
- WasherCap Mini Fixation system 4.5mm$3,194
- Coblation$2,391
- Hipstruments$2,193
- Q-FIX Hip$2,043
- BioBrace 23mm$2,041
- Integrity implant$1,875
- MICRORAPTOR$1,846
- PENNSAID$1,715
- DUEXIS$1,715
- TACTOSET$1,395
- Catalyst Total CSR$1,308
- Healicoil$1,053
- FAST-FIX$923
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$923
- KRYSTEXXA$800
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$528
How this compares
$87,396 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 587 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 | 1,285 | $4,262 |
| Diclofenac Sodium ErDiclofenac Sodium | 173 | $4,258 |
| Celecoxib | 123 | $1,795 |
| Naproxen | 110 | $978 |
| Methylprednisolone | 97 | $639 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 108 | $418 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $247 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 69 | $186 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 40 | $170 |
| Tramadol Hcl-AcetaminophenTramadol Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $79 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 | $60 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Hackensack
- Michael KellyHackensack$9.7M
- Yair KissinHackensack$175K
- Thomas JohnHackensack$59K
- Luis GrauHackensack$53K
- Mark HartzbandParamus$9.4M
- Randal BetzLawrenceville$3M
- Luke AustinSewell$2.9M
- Kenneth MontgomeryMorristown$2.7M
- Zachary PostEgg Harbor Township$1.7M
- Harlan LevineMontvale$1.5M
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.