Suneel Bhat, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Norfolk, VANPI 1578854956
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (57.4%), consulting fees and ownership interests — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 57.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $126,857 and has fallen 90.7% since, to $11,791 in 2025. Among orthopaedic trauma clinicians in VA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 75 payments — averaging $2420.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$104K
- Stryker$72K
- Embody, Inc.$5K
- Johnson & Johnson$298
- Amgen$245
Across 2 payments — averaging $14,995 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.
- Tyber Medical, LLC$30K
Across 4 payments — averaging $27,875 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Zimmer Biomet$112K
- Embody, Inc.$0
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$68,75038%
- Travel & lodging$1,3301%
- Food & beverage$2,5391%
- Ownership interest$4,7503%
- Other$104,18957%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $104,189 |
| Stryker | 65 | $72,076 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $4,750 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $298 |
| Amgen | 2 | $245 |
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
$181,558 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 21 orthopaedic trauma providers in Virginia.
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 Hcl | 13 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Norfolk
- Emily KeenerNorfolk$34K
- David ZuprukNorfolk$21K
- Anthony DistasioNorfolk$171
- David WeissCharlottesville$115K
- Seth YarboroCharlottesville$40K
- Timothy HoggardCharlottesville$31K
- Andrew CoskeyVirginia Beach$26K
- Erica CrumpPortsmouth$16K
- Rishabh JethanandaniRichmond$14K
- Ahmad FashandiNorth Chesterfield$9K
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.