Rahul Vaidya, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Detroit, MINPI 1932132958
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Synthes GmbH accounts for 94.3% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MI 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 123 payments — averaging $588.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$68K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.$306
- Bioventus LLC$169
- Stryker$168
- plus $788 from 13 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $10,345 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.
- Pfizer$166K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5002%
- Speaking & faculty fees$40,17555%
- Travel & lodging$26,55437%
- Food & beverage$4,1856%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 75 | $68,262 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $1,541 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $1,181 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $306 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $169 |
| Stryker | 2 | $168 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $97 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $84 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- NA$1,989
- VA-LCP$271
- PRECICE$189
- T2 ALPHA$162
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$143
- CERAMENT G$143
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$140
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$140
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$140
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$140
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$140
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$116
- DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS SYSTEMS$112
- Durolane$106
- MOTOBAND$101
How this compares
$72,413 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 829 orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Detroit
- Stephen BartolDetroit$2.6M
- Craig SilvertonDetroit$725K
- Stephanie MuhDetroit$459K
- Thomas LynchDetroit$221K
- Jonathan BramanDetroit$112K
- Ryan BergerDetroit$84K
- Hussein DarwicheDetroit$68K
- Asheesh BediAnn Arbor$9.4M
- Jerome WiaterBeverly Hills$3.9M
- Mark PintoChelsea$3.2M
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.