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Samir Mehta, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Philadelphia, PANPI 1003851817

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,938,992 of the $3,646,149 with a category attached, or 80.6%. Smith+Nephew accounts for 69.5% of it on its own, with 40 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $753,812, 2.7 times the $278,597 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in PA 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.

$3,646,149in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 729 payments — averaging $5001.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Smith+Nephew$2.5M
  • Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$506K
  • Stryker$178K
  • Globus Medical$107K
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$79K
  • Curvafix, Inc.$75K
  • plus $169K from 35 others
$5,400in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 1 payment — averaging $5399.56 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.

  • GE HealthCare$5K
$34,606in ownership & investment interests, 2019–2025

Across 5 payments — averaging $6921.15 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.

  • Curvafix, Inc.$35K
  • Trice Medical, Inc.$0

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$2,938,99281%
  • Consulting fees$351,50410%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$249,0537%
  • Travel & lodging$92,5293%
  • Food & beverage$14,0710%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Smith+Nephew246$2,533,919
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.28$506,310
Stryker169$177,512
Globus Medical39$106,567
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.62$78,643
Curvafix, Inc.32$74,688
Synthes USA Products LLC18$29,643
AMDT Holdings, Inc.4$22,869
Bioventus LLC15$21,772
Arthrex9$20,673
Biedermann Motech, Inc.13$20,599
Synthes GmbH20$17,062
UCB SA1$9,090
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)21$4,855
Davol Inc.5$3,703
KCI USA, Inc.6$2,735
Acumed LLC8$2,708
Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited1$2,600
Orthoxel Designated Activity Company3$1,500
Biomimetic Innovations Limited2$1,500
Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.1$1,500
Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$1,200
BD4$1,125
ZOLL Medical Corporation2$700
Philips North America LLC1$600
Solventum Corporation1$425
Biofire Diagnostics, LLC1$425
Medtronic2$325
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated1$292
UOC USA Inc1$188
Zimmer Biomet1$156
Si-bone, Inc.1$84
Heraeus Medical, LLC.2$34
Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.1$28
Kinamed, Inc.1$28
Illuminoss Medical, Inc.1$24
Orthofix Medical, Inc.1$21
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.1$21
Synergy Orthopedics, LLC1$12
Trice Medical, Inc.1$10
Biocomposites Inc1$4

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.

How this compares

$3,646,149 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,048 orthopaedic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$219,583
Medicare patients
319
Services billed
685

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.

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