Shaun Traub, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Decatur, GANPI 1902994304
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,847 of the $2,653 with a category attached, or 69.6%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 38.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,468 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $39 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $3,375.
Across 27 payments — averaging $98.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- United Orthopedics LLC$686
- Arthrex$278
- Baxter Healthcare$163
- Vericel Corporation$161
- Medacta USA, Inc.$150
- plus $195 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$80730%
- Food & beverage$1,84770%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 8 | $1,021 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 3 | $686 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $278 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $163 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $161 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
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.
- TRIATHLON$325
- BIO4$175
- MAKO$167
- AVS ANCHOR-C$162
- GMK SPHERE$150
- TISSEEL$149
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$134
- MACI$127
How this compares
$2,653 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 109 | $880 |
| Celecoxib | 52 | $776 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 75 | $603 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 201 | $439 |
| Methylprednisolone | 93 | $428 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 104 | $347 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 22 | $330 |
| Meloxicam | 95 | $280 |
| Ibuprofen | 28 | $231 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 22 | $132 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $128 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $53 |
| Amoxicillin | 43 | $51 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Decatur
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
- Dennis DevitoAtlanta$1.5M
- Jon MinterAlpharetta$1.2M
- George GuildCumming$987K
- William TallyAthens$870K
- Julian PriceAthens$805K
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.