Ryan Schnetzer, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Macon, GANPI 1013236348
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $83,444 of the $103,532 with a category attached, or 80.6%. Stryker accounts for 71.8% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $26,721, 8.3 times the $3,213 reported in 2019. 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 250 payments — averaging $414.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$74K
- VB Spine LLC$18K
- Choice Spine, LLC$7K
- Si-bone, Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$557
- Medtronic$278
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$83,44481%
- Travel & lodging$9,7069%
- Food & beverage$10,38210%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 176 | $74,289 |
| VB Spine LLC | 6 | $17,908 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 2 | $6,778 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 12 | $2,615 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $557 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $278 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $143 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $142 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $95 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $86 |
| Surgical Theater. Inc. | 2 | $84 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $78 |
| Vertex | 2 | $66 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $56 |
| Abbott | 3 | $49 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $45 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Titan Spine, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $21 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$24,627
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$15,000
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$13,000
- CORE$11,053
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$9,729
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$7,645
- ALEUTIAN CERVICAL$7,500
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$7,500
- N/A$7,011
- Blackhawk$6,750
- SERRATO$6,155
- RAVINE LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$2,500
- LITE PLATE SYSTEM$2,500
- iFuse Implant$2,373
- ALEUTIAN INTERBODY SYSTEMS$2,160
- TRITANIUM$1,520
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$1,338
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$1,250
- ProLift$1,000
- AVS NAVIGATOR$643
How this compares
$103,532 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 163 | $1,349 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 105 | $737 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 57 | $469 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 41 | $341 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 44 | $340 |
| Meloxicam | 105 | $271 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 66 | $164 |
| Diazepam | 172 | $144 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 16 | $117 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Macon
- Wayne KelleyMacon$180K
- Lamar CallawayMacon$150K
- 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
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.