Wolfgang Fitz, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1659325298
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (51.8%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Conformis, Inc. accounts for 86.1% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $876,392 and has fallen 63.5% since, to $319,902 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MA 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 118 payments — averaging $31,623 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Conformis, Inc.$3.2M
- Restor3d, Inc.$519K
- Think Surgical, Inc.$321
- Smith+Nephew$139
- Johnson & Johnson$135
- Stryker$105
- plus $137 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,933,49452%
- Consulting fees$1,739,60947%
- Speaking & faculty fees$33,2051%
- Travel & lodging$21,1061%
- Food & beverage$4,1500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conformis, Inc. | 85 | $3,211,839 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 23 | $518,888 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $321 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $139 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $135 |
| Stryker | 2 | $105 |
| Orthosensor Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 1 | $42 |
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.
- iTotal Identity PS$1,280,837
- iUni, iDuo, iTotal, Hip$872,411
- IUNI UNICONDYLAR KNEE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$730,390
- iTotal, Identity, Hip, iUni$683,620
- iTotal CR$665,067
- Hip$663,685
- iTotal, Identity CR$662,654
- iTotal PS$662,636
- IDUO BICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$618,053
- iTotal Hip Replacement System$449,572
- Identity Imprint Knee Replacement System$302,296
- CONFORMIS HIP SYSTEM$168,482
- iTotal Identity Cruciate Retaining Knee Replacement System$165,158
- iDuo Femoral Kit$112,336
- ITOTAL CRUCIATE RETAINING (CR) KNEE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$15,195
- Identity Imprint CR$456
- Identity Imprint PS$327
- EXPAREL$135
- TMINI Miniature Robotic System$129
- Journey II BCS$128
How this compares
$3,731,564 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 542 orthopaedic surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 15 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Boston
- Paul TornettaBoston$16.3M
- Thomas ThornhillBoston$12M
- Andrew FreibergBoston$5.9M
- Jon WarnerBoston$5.4M
- John KwonBoston$663K
- Christopher ChiodoBoston$539K
- Andrew WhiteBoston$438K
- Carl TalmoBoston$315K
- Michael KainBoston$171K
- Nishant SunejaBoston$161K
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.