Shazad Shaikh, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Bridgewater, NJNPI 1326367012
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Seapearl East, Inc at 42.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,645, more than ten times the $30 reported in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NJ, where the typical reported total is $2,530.
Across 24 payments — averaging $74.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Seapearl East, Inc$766
- Arthrex$748
- Johnson & Johnson$106
- Bioventus LLC$57
- Vertex$32
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$30
- plus $58 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,01556%
- Food & beverage$78344%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seapearl East, Inc | 4 | $766 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $748 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $106 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $57 |
| Vertex | 2 | $32 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,798 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 587 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 54 | $446 |
| Methylprednisolone | 32 | $217 |
| Meloxicam | 120 | $162 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 25 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Bridgewater
- Vineet TyagiBridgewater$54K
- 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).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.