Shaun Accardo, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1104140755
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Stryker accounts for 94.6% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $23,569 and has fallen 80.3% since, to $4,634 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 249 payments — averaging $210.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$49K
- Onkos Surgical, Inc.$415
- Boston Scientific$265
- Globus Medical$250
- Medtronic$238
- Smith+Nephew$178
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,90051%
- Travel & lodging$14,17527%
- Food & beverage$11,24721%
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 | 179 | $49,499 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 5 | $415 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $265 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $250 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $238 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $178 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 10 | $152 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $152 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $100 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $93 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $89 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Integrum Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $70 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $29 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $21 |
| Vertex | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 1 | $8 |
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.
- AXSOS$24,246
- GAMMA$22,115
- HOFFMANN$18,574
- T2$16,123
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$7,963
- INBONE$5,900
- MAKO$3,842
- VARIAX$2,326
- PRO$2,123
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$1,034
- ACTISHIELD CF$687
- ASNIS$569
- GMRS$559
- TRIATHLON$421
- PANGEA$170
- Restrata Wound Matrix$161
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$152
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$152
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$150
- SPINEJACK$141
How this compares
$52,322 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 292 | $850 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 75 | $671 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 67 | $507 |
| Ibuprofen | 32 | $305 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $290 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 18 | $238 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 18 | $164 |
| Methocarbamol | 28 | $156 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 28 | $109 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Baton Rouge
- Christopher HarrodBaton Rouge$3M
- Jorge IsazaBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Kevin McCarthyBaton Rouge$594K
- Robert EastonBaton Rouge$394K
- Ricardo RodriguezBaton Rouge$262K
- Wame WaggenspackBaton Rouge$82K
- Kevin RicheBaton Rouge$33K
- William ShermanBaton Rouge$29K
- David FerachiBaton Rouge$16K
- Vinod DasaKenner$1.9M
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.