Scott Katzman
Orthopaedic Surgery · West Orange, NJNPI 1376590646
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $239,366 of the $292,692 with a category attached, or 81.8%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Republic Spine at 59.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $75,158 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $1,181 in 2024. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NJ 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.
Across 73 payments — averaging $4009.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Republic Spine$175K
- Precision Spine, Inc.$115K
- Choice Spine, LLC$1K
- Life Spine, Inc.$216
- Centinel Spine, LLC$149
- Si-bone, Inc.$119
- plus $775 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$51,82818%
- Consulting fees$239,36682%
- Food & beverage$1,4981%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Republic Spine | 29 | $175,239 |
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 8 | $115,194 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $1,000 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 3 | $216 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $149 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $119 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $116 |
| Stryker | 4 | $104 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $78 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $63 |
| Abbott | 3 | $52 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $52 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $33 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $31 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $30 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $15 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Expandable Interbody System$118,750
- Vault ALIF$115,194
- Expandable Interbody$56,250
- Thunderbolt Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw Systems$1,000
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$116
- MILAGRO$116
How this compares
$292,692 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 587 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 25 | $109 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in West Orange
- Richard RosaWest Orange$73K
- Michael KellyHackensack$9.7M
- Mark HartzbandParamus$9.4M
- Randal BetzLawrenceville$3M
- Luke AustinSewell$2.9M
- Kenneth MontgomeryMorristown$2.7M
- Zachary PostEgg Harbor Township$1.7M
- Harlan LevineMontvale$1.5M
- Jeffrey AbramsPrinceton$1.5M
- Gregg KleinParamus$1.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.