Sandesh Rao, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Washington, DCNPI 1265708093
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (52.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 76.6% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 62 payments — averaging $341.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$16K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$1K
- Orthalign Inc$612
- Stryker$516
- Medtronic$263
- plus $509 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,27725%
- Food & beverage$4,70022%
- Education$11,20053%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 31 | $16,220 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 12 | $1,856 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Orthalign Inc | 3 | $612 |
| Stryker | 5 | $516 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $263 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 2 | $92 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $44 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
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.
- Journey II$4,761
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$3,666
- Legion Revision$1,627
- RI.HIP NAVIGATION$1,604
- JOURNEY$1,325
- POLARSTEM$1,225
- Avenir$736
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$612
- Persona$502
- ROSA$440
- K-15 PORK$413
- BIRMINGHAM HIP$360
- Tandem$247
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$176
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$176
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$176
- Journey II XR$149
- AQUAMANTYS$133
- ORTHOMAP$132
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$130
How this compares
$21,177 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 46 orthopaedic surgery providers in District of Columbia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cefadroxil | 82 | $1,986 |
| Methylprednisolone | 93 | $840 |
| Meloxicam | 112 | $574 |
| Celecoxib | 13 | $173 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $89 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Washington
- Akhil KhannaWashington$2.1M
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- Scott FaucettWashington$610K
- David LuttonWashington$375K
- Savyasachi ThakkarWashington$216K
- Joseph FergusonWashington$84K
- Robert SterlingWashington$38K
- Ryan MurrayWashington$32K
- Robert HenshawWashington$24K
- James DebritzWashington$14K
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.