Philip Ploska, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Stockbridge, GANPI 1356338313
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $55,082 of the $70,247 with a category attached, or 78.4%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. at 56.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $49,161 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $1,082 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 149 payments — averaging $471.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$40K
- Osseus Fusion Systems, LLC$15K
- Si-bone, Inc.$8K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Spine Wave, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$921
- plus $2K from 18 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $631.00 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.
- Si-bone, Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$8,07011%
- Consulting fees$55,08278%
- Travel & lodging$1,7342%
- Food & beverage$5,3618%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $40,000 |
| Osseus Fusion Systems, LLC | 14 | $15,174 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 21 | $8,400 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 13 | $2,345 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 24 | $1,384 |
| Stryker | 28 | $921 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $486 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $394 |
| 4web, Inc. | 5 | $286 |
| Abbott | 3 | $120 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $113 |
| 7d Surgical ULC | 1 | $113 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $89 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $79 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $60 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $23 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Spineology 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.
- iFuse Implant$7,915
- ALIF$1,685
- Spinal Implants$400
- MAKO$281
- XLIF$280
- Senza$150
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$136
- Omnia$130
- NI-LOCK ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$130
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$125
- 7D Surgical System$113
- SPINAL IMPLANT$112
How this compares
$70,247 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 | 130 | $858 |
| Gabapentin | 82 | $573 |
| Cephalexin | 38 | $373 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 95 | $352 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 57 | $291 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 48 | $210 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $167 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 27 | $148 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 35 | $141 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 22 | $132 |
| Meloxicam | 73 | $128 |
| Amoxicillin | 56 | $90 |
| Alprazolam | 11 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Stockbridge
- Rajiv PandyaStockbridge$83K
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
- Dennis DevitoAtlanta$1.5M
- Jon MinterAlpharetta$1.2M
- George GuildCumming$987K
- William TallyAthens$870K
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.