Taurean Baynard, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Mesa, AZNPI 1932660768
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (47.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 47.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,223, 5.9 times the $1,214 reported in 2021.
Across 52 payments — averaging $306.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$8K
- Encore Medical, LP$5K
- Great Lakes Orthopedics$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$679
- Johnson & Johnson$466
- plus $168 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5009%
- Grants$7,50047%
- Travel & lodging$2,87018%
- Food & beverage$2,86618%
- Education$1,2008%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $7,596 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 16 | $4,809 |
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 1 | $1,200 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,018 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $679 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $466 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $154 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$5,048
- MAKO$431
- ACTIS$269
- T2 ALPHA$263
- OSS Orthopedic Salvage System$198
- Avenir$177
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$154
- Oxford$125
How this compares
$15,936 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 43 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Arizona.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 20 | $862 |
| Cefadroxil | 17 | $145 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 21 | $125 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Mesa
- Michael DuranMesa$12K
- Joseph ScogginMesa$1K
- Dennis ArmstrongMesa$79
- Michael MillerTucson$2.3M
- Russell CohenTucson$970K
- Steven MyerthallGilbert$691K
- Salvatore LacognataGilbert$445K
- Lige KaplanPhoenix$327K
- Abigail HamiltonTucson$150K
- Paul SousaBuckeye$70K
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.