Ramin Sadeghpour, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1295052041
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (41.3%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 28.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $17,786, 7.3 times the $2,453 reported in 2019.
Across 92 payments — averaging $405.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$11K
- FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc$9K
- Encore Medical, LP$9K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$6K
- Suvon Surgical LLC$1K
- Stryker$676
- plus $792 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,38541%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,50020%
- Travel & lodging$4,34312%
- Food & beverage$3,81010%
- Education$6,22617%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 28 | $10,621 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 4 | $9,328 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 13 | $8,866 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 9 | $5,698 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 12 | $1,284 |
| Stryker | 9 | $676 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 2 | $267 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $144 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $103 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $58 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $52 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$8,675
- REUNION$288
- SMR$267
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$136
- Geminus$120
- Align$120
- IJS$120
- Implate$120
- ARTHREX$115
- GraftLink TS$103
- Quadlink$103
How this compares
$37,264 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $481 |
| Meloxicam | 143 | $449 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $128 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in New Orleans
- Robert ZuraNew Orleans$597K
- Fernando SanchezNew Orleans$484K
- Matthew CableNew Orleans$79K
- Gustavo GodoyNew Orleans$76K
- Cameron KingNew Orleans$74K
- Robert HuangNew Orleans$28K
- Leland McCluskeyNew Orleans$24K
- Willard MooreNew Orleans$23K
- Jessica RiveraNew Orleans$20K
- Richard MeyerNew Orleans$16K
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.