Scott Cordes, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Chicago, ILNPI 1467424994
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (41.6%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Think Surgical, Inc. at 54.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,990 and has fallen 81.8% since, to $2,553 in 2025.
Across 75 payments — averaging $571.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Think Surgical, Inc.$23K
- Lima USA, Inc.$8K
- Stryker$3K
- Acumed LLC$2K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Arcuro Medical Inc$2K
- plus $3K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,51741%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4251%
- Travel & lodging$17,83142%
- Food & beverage$7,06316%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 13 | $23,316 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 3 | $8,322 |
| Stryker | 22 | $2,840 |
| Acumed LLC | 4 | $1,855 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $1,714 |
| Arcuro Medical Inc | 1 | $1,654 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 2 | $566 |
| Limacorporate S.p.a. | 2 | $504 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $476 |
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 1 | $425 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $417 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 3 | $227 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $137 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $119 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $107 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $19 |
| Joint Active Systems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- TMINI Miniature Robotic System$23,023
- Master SL$8,269
- Physica$8,269
- H-Max$8,269
- SUPERBALL$1,654
- MAKO$1,378
- Anthology$1,163
- Polarus 3 Solution$1,050
- Elbow Plating System$1,050
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$1,050
- Clavicle Plates$805
- Elbow Plates$805
- TRIATHLON$576
- EQUINOXE$552
- SMR$504
- Journey II XR$452
- Navio Surgical System$452
- PANGEA$426
- BioFire FilmArray$425
- AXSOS$318
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in Illinoisto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 14 | $611 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $257 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 24 | $181 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 19 | $152 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 34 | $123 |
| Meloxicam | 29 | $94 |
| Amoxicillin | 26 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Chicago
- Joel WilliamsChicago$84K
- Srikanth DiviChicago$54K
- Adam LeeChicago$29K
- Bennet ButlerChicago$13K
- Anthony ChristianoChicago$4K
- Gregory FahrenbachChicago$54
- James KapotasChicago$24
- Matthew GardnerSpringfield$196K
- Evan DoughertyHinsdale$52K
- Chukwunenye OsujiPeoria$10K
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.