William Capicotto
Orthopaedic Surgery · Williamsville, NYNPI 1356484174
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,529 of the $4,647 with a category attached, or 76.0%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 51.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,662 and has fallen 82.6% since, to $290 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $4,024.
Across 252 payments — averaging $18.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$754
- Nevro Corp.$405
- Stryker$238
- Smith+Nephew$156
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$150
- plus $538 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,01822%
- Food & beverage$3,52976%
- Education$992%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 183 | $2,406 |
| Boston Scientific | 41 | $754 |
| Nevro Corp. | 9 | $405 |
| Stryker | 3 | $238 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $156 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $57 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Abbott | 2 | $45 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $44 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
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.
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$928
- INCOMPASS TOTAL ANKLE SYSTEM$161
- MazorX - Renaissance$157
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$150
- Senza$143
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$139
- LENS 4K$117
- WEREWOLF$117
- DYONICS Curved Blades$117
- GoFlo$117
How this compares
$4,647 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,079 orthopaedic surgery providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 36 | $1,314 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 19 | $637 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 27 | $599 |
| Methocarbamol | 34 | $459 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Williamsville
- Anthony RomeoNew York$26.8M
- Lawrence LenkeNew York$26.8M
- Edwin SuNew York$13.2M
- William RicciNew York$11.6M
- Steven HaasNew York$11.3M
- Giles ScuderiNew York$10.7M
- Joseph ZuckermanNew York$9.9M
- Evan FlatowNew York$9.6M
- Bradford ParsonsNew York$9.4M
- Geoffrey WestrichNew York$7.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.