Sudhir Belagaje, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Austell, GANPI 1225249519
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.5%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 40.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,558, 6.6 times the $387 reported in 2019.
Across 87 payments — averaging $98.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- United Orthopedics LLC$3K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$913
- Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC$436
- Smith+Nephew$419
- Ortho Solutions Inc$173
- plus $511 from 9 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $2059.88 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$21K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,50152%
- Food & beverage$2,87934%
- Education$1,20014%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 37 | $3,472 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 5 | $2,655 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 8 | $913 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 7 | $436 |
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $419 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 1 | $173 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $117 |
| Amgen | 5 | $97 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
How this compares
$8,580 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 55 | $395 |
| Meloxicam | 155 | $394 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 52 | $372 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 31 | $198 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 62 | $159 |
| Cephalexin | 45 | $107 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 46 | $101 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 28 | $72 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 17 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Austell
- Ali MortazaviAustell$115K
- 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
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.