Timothy Bert, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1346465010
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $47,288 of the $72,662 with a category attached, or 65.1%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 51.9% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 160 payments — averaging $454.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$38K
- Smith+Nephew$29K
- Stryker$3K
- Goode Surgical Inc$1K
- Abbott$756
- Vericel Corporation$313
- plus $179 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$47,28865%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,15619%
- Travel & lodging$3,8735%
- Food & beverage$5,9678%
- Education$1,3782%
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 | 70 | $37,729 |
| Smith+Nephew | 43 | $29,197 |
| Stryker | 29 | $3,109 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 1 | $1,378 |
| Abbott | 8 | $756 |
| Vericel Corporation | 6 | $313 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- Q-FIX$13,157
- MICRORAPTOR$12,750
- Coblation$12,750
- PD-Sports Medicine-New Product$10,000
- CAP-FIX$7,457
- FAST-FIX$6,825
- SPATIAL FRAME$6,825
- The Pink Hip Kit - Smith & Nephew Table$6,375
- Q-FIX Hip$5,469
- LENS 4K$3,750
- INTELLIO$3,750
- Q-Fix Mini$3,750
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$2,746
- Hipstruments$1,719
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$1,562
- AccuFill$1,443
- MICRORAPTOR Knotless Hip$1,406
- Healicoil$1,082
- NOVOSTITCH$1,082
- CINCHLOCK$967
How this compares
$72,662 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 377 orthopaedic surgery providers in Arizona.
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 ErDiclofenac Sodium | 23 | $650 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Phoenix
- Evan LedermanPhoenix$12M
- James ChowPhoenix$6.1M
- Michael McKeePhoenix$3.4M
- Henry ClarkePhoenix$1.9M
- Samuel HarmsenPhoenix$735K
- Anthony HedleyPhoenix$415K
- Matthew SeidelPhoenix$397K
- David OttPhoenix$380K
- Michael WilminkPhoenix$347K
- Judd CummingsPhoenix$269K
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.