Ryan Fitzgerald
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · St Petersburg, FLNPI 1063702314
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $67,833 of the $87,966 with a category attached, or 77.1%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Orthopediatrics Corp. at 38.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $24,441 and has fallen 73.2% since, to $6,545 in 2025. Among pediatric orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 227 payments — averaging $387.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$34K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$32K
- Medtronic$16K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Stryker$791
- plus $1K from 9 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $14,375 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.
- Medtronic$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$67,83377%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,4505%
- Travel & lodging$7,3078%
- Food & beverage$8,37710%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 35 | $33,689 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 32 | $32,346 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 43 | $15,583 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 75 | $2,560 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 13 | $1,983 |
| Stryker | 18 | $791 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $320 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $205 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $180 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $73 |
| Lifenet Health | 2 | $51 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 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.
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$13,134
- Prod Dev: Trauma & Deformity$2,010
- CREO$1,106
- CD HORIZON$642
- UNiD$550
- EXPEDIUM$345
- MAGEC$190
- TRANSITION$187
- MOSS VRS Spinal System$180
- Battalion PLIF - PS$172
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$160
- Other - Miscellaneous$148
- STRYKER NAV3I$147
- CONDUIT$143
- T2 ALPHA$134
- PRO-DENSE$134
- PANGEA$134
- T2$134
- CREO Cobalt Chrome (CRCO)$128
- CREO Deformity$128
How this compares
$87,966 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 76 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in St Petersburg
- Jeffrey NeustadtSt Petersburg$7K
- Daniel BlandSt Petersburg$5K
- Drew WarnickSt Petersburg$5K
- Gregory HahnSt Petersburg$4K
- Lee PhillipsSt Petersburg$658
- Thomas WilsonSt Petersburg$474
- Jonathan PhillipsOrlando$398K
- David SiambanesTampa$354K
- Raymund WooOrlando$181K
- Sean KeyesOrlando$82K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.