Sarah Gael, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Seattle, WANPI 1720439656
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (59.2%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 55.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,778 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $76 in 2024.
Across 81 payments — averaging $130.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$1K
- Pinnacle, Inc$233
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$72
- plus $161 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$3503%
- Travel & lodging$6,27659%
- Food & beverage$3,94737%
- Education$350%
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 | 56 | $5,934 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $1,834 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 12 | $1,291 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 4 | $1,084 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 3 | $233 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $57 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
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.
- PROstep$1,656
- Portfolio$1,030
- INBONE$871
- INVISION$871
- PROPHECY$871
- InCore Lapidus$693
- TRITANIUM$570
- MAKO$558
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$477
- INFINITY$477
- ACCOLADE$442
- TRIATHLON$401
- AXS INFINITY LS$172
- DVR Crosslock Plates/Screws/Pegs$148
- A.L.P.S.$145
- DVR Anatomic Kickstand$145
- ES2$144
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$143
- GMRS$122
- EXETER$122
How this compares
$10,608 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 495 orthopaedic surgery providers in Washington.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Seattle
- James PritchettSeattle$6.4M
- James CrutcherSeattle$3.5M
- Keith MayoSeattle$3.1M
- Matthew SaltzmanSeattle$1.8M
- Burt YaszaySeattle$1.3M
- Sean ToomeySeattle$1.2M
- Robert HartSeattle$942K
- Jeffrey RohSeattle$604K
- Michael BrageSeattle$496K
- Daniel SchwartzSeattle$424K
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.