Steven Rayappa, MD
Sports Medicine · Stockbridge, GANPI 1023307626
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrosurface Incorporated at 28.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,996 and has fallen 79.8% since, to $2,015 in 2025.
Across 149 payments — averaging $161.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$7K
- Smith+Nephew$4K
- United Orthopedics LLC$4K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
- Stryker$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $3K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,70011%
- Travel & lodging$10,56544%
- Food & beverage$7,57932%
- Education$3,21613%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 23 | $6,784 |
| Smith+Nephew | 32 | $4,495 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 7 | $3,869 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 15 | $3,468 |
| Stryker | 20 | $1,126 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $1,067 |
| Acumed LLC | 5 | $916 |
| Arthrex | 12 | $852 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $410 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 6 | $400 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $155 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 6 | $128 |
| Tepha Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Intravu Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $39 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Amgen | 2 | $24 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $23 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- HemiCAP Shoulder$5,973
- ACUMED$3,088
- RevoMotion$1,826
- Integrity$1,563
- OVO Motion$1,433
- Inlay Glenoid 2.0$1,433
- GlenoJet$1,433
- ULTRABUTTON$1,355
- HemiCAP$1,230
- Oxford$826
- Fast-Fix 360$753
- BIOSURE REGENESORB$746
- Coblation$649
- MAKO$535
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$508
- SPATIAL FRAME$503
- Acufex$503
- Endobutton$464
- ACUFEX Knee$464
- HEALICOIL PK Shoulder$395
How this compares
$24,060 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 168 sports medicine 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 | 170 | $1,623 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 104 | $1,575 |
| Celecoxib | 47 | $588 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 117 | $371 |
| Gabapentin | 55 | $225 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 46 | $127 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $95 |
| Amoxicillin | 34 | $50 |
| Alprazolam | 11 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Stockbridge
- John XerogeanesAtlanta$4M
- Joseph BurnsAlpharetta$376K
- Sameh LabibBrookhaven$280K
- Spero KarasAtlanta$137K
- Xavier DuraldeAtlanta$77K
- Thomas MyersAtlanta$72K
- Robert O'ConnellCarrollton$69K
- Elan GolanSnellville$57K
- Taylor PolanderJesup$48K
- Anthony CantrellCanton$47K
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.