Ryan Plyler, MD
Sports Medicine · Tinton Falls, NJNPI 1326303835
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (53.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 62.9% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,588 and has fallen 89.7% since, to $472 in 2025.
Across 31 payments — averaging $177.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Liberty Surgical Inc.$826
- Stryker$479
- Smith+Nephew$274
- Davol Inc.$158
- Linvatec Corporation$113
- plus $195 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,10520%
- Food & beverage$1,45526%
- Education$2,94353%
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 | 16 | $3,459 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 1 | $826 |
| Stryker | 4 | $479 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $274 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $113 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 1 | $79 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $69 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $33 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $13 |
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$322
- ARISTA$158
- TRITANIUM$151
- TRIATHLON$151
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$113
- REGENESORB$111
- Fast-Fix 360$111
- Regeneten$111
How this compares
$5,503 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 221 sports medicine providers in New Jersey.
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 | 24 | $172 |
| Meloxicam | 59 | $129 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $113 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $72 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 21 | $69 |
| Amoxicillin | 12 | $4 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Tinton Falls
- Gregory ParkerTinton Falls$27K
- Sean McMillanBurlington$1.8M
- Nicholas JarmonFreehold$277K
- Thomas YoumEnglewood$221K
- Stephen HuntCedar Knolls$76K
- David PorterHackensack$63K
- Francis AlbertaHackensack$61K
- Nathan HolmesSewell$56K
- Steven FreyWoodbury$55K
- Lon CastleFranklin Lakes$54K
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.