Trenton Gause
Orthopedic Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1881653814
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (58.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 41.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,944 and has fallen 96.1% since, to $75 in 2025.
Across 25 payments — averaging $178.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$2K
- Medartis Inc.$848
- Smith+Nephew$93
- Catalyst Orthoscience$75
- Stryker$65
- plus $36 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$62614%
- Food & beverage$1,22227%
- Education$2,62259%
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 | 12 | $1,848 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 2 | $1,505 |
| Medartis Inc. | 7 | $848 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $93 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $75 |
| Stryker | 1 | $65 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $36 |
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.
- APTUS$716
How this compares
$4,469 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 43 orthopedic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 | 35 | $490 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $428 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $119 |
| Meloxicam | 66 | $65 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Pittsburgh
- James BradleyPittsburgh$5.2M
- Carl HasselmanPittsburgh$719K
- Richard McGoughPittsburgh$261K
- Vincent SilvaggioPittsburgh$179K
- Patrick SmithPittsburgh$20K
- Alex KlinePittsburgh$8K
- Mark RodoskyPittsburgh$2K
- William DonaldsonPittsburgh$1K
- Aaron TaylorPittsburgh$1K
- William AbrahamPittsburgh$1K
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.