Paul Buzhardt, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Lafayette, LANPI 1790003788
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 150 payments — averaging $675.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$94K
- Ortho Development Corporation$6K
- Johnson & Johnson$180
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$160
- Biocomposites Inc$125
- Bioventus LLC$72
- plus $174 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$63,40072%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,0006%
- Travel & lodging$15,49118%
- Food & beverage$4,4345%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 129 | $94,433 |
| Ortho Development Corporation | 7 | $6,143 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $180 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $160 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $125 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $72 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $63 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $62 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- MAKO$75,386
- INSIGNIA$3,600
- Balance Knee Revision System$1,983
- BKS TriMax$863
- BKS Uni$863
- CellerateRx$160
- TRIATHLON$158
- Balanced Knee Revision System$153
- Balanced Knee System$120
- Entrada Hip Stem$120
- Ovation Hip Stem$120
How this compares
Too few adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Louisianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 59 | $433 |
| Meloxicam | 160 | $388 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $305 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $278 |
| Methocarbamol | 21 | $142 |
| Methylprednisolone | 23 | $136 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $119 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $104 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 34 | $102 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $84 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Lafayette
- Eric GreberThibodaux$211K
- Wesley ClarkNew Orleans$153K
- Fernando NussenbaumMandeville$18K
- Alex BetechBaton Rouge$15K
- Benjamin FeibelShreveport$12K
- Robert DuarteLake Charles$2K
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.