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Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery)
In 2025, 2,387 Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) providers had general (non-research) payments reported to CMS. Half received less than $686 for the year, and nine in ten received less than $18K.
2,387providers with payments in 2025
$686median total for the year
$18Knine in ten received less than
$23Kaverage total for the year
Providers with the largest 2025 totals
Ordered by 2025 general-payment totals as reported to CMS. A large total is not evidence of wrongdoing; context is below the table.
| Provider | Location | 2025 general | All payments 2019-2025 including research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neal S Elattrache | Los Angeles, CA | $5,298,454.54 | $50,973,415.13 |
| Benjamin Domb | Des Plaines, IL | $4,602,703.32 | $16,502,565.28 |
| Peter Millett | Vail, CO | $3,484,924.52 | $21,641,001.05 |
| Edward L Cain | Birmingham, AL | $2,980,039.24 | $12,668,031.40 |
| Lee Kaplan | Miami, FL | $2,956,192.06 | $11,252,961.55 |
| Silas Holmes | Columbia, SC | $2,130,264.28 | $2,157,709.18 |
| Gregory Nicholson | Chicago, IL | $1,742,497.66 | $6,715,019.45 |
| Nathaniel P Cohen | Los Gatos, CA | $1,455,179.29 | $6,442,101.62 |
| Patrick A Smith | Naples, FL | $834,402.46 | $3,010,603.89 |
| David R Diduch | Charlottesville, VA | $759,532.06 | $3,881,949.87 |
| Matthew Provencher | Vail, CO | $707,002.81 | $3,445,531.64 |
| John W Xerogeanes | Atlanta, GA | $686,314.55 | $4,016,654.29 |
| Grant Edward Garrigues | Chicago, IL | $677,137.04 | $2,461,139.05 |
| Stephen F Brockmeier | Charlottesville, VA | $649,426.21 | $2,569,559.67 |
| Misty Suri | New Orleans, LA | $620,727.03 | $1,214,192.70 |
| Sam Akhavan | Pittsburgh, PA | $592,474.75 | $2,238,699.30 |
| Brian C Werner | Charlottesville, VA | $564,794.97 | $1,260,668.39 |
| Thomas D Rosenberg | Park City, UT | $560,731.86 | $5,455,001.46 |
| Steven J Lee | Nyc, NY | $554,982.77 | $3,263,905.09 |
| James M Paci | Woodbury, NY | $538,196.37 | $2,126,342.16 |
| Rachel Frank | Aurora, CO | $511,621.94 | $1,565,472.61 |
| Michael Thomas Freehill | Stanford, CA | $476,853.84 | $1,849,012.66 |
| Brian J Cole | Chicago, IL | $474,354.60 | $2,087,888.42 |
| Justin W Griffin | Virginia Beach, VA | $468,995.02 | $1,455,125.25 |
| Thomas M Deberardino | San Antonio, TX | $452,856.60 | $3,536,593.12 |
| William E Nordt | Richmond, VA | $448,655.20 | $2,566,189.74 |
| David M Weinstein | Colorado Springs, CO | $376,223.99 | $1,469,081.02 |
| Walter R Lowe | Houston, TX | $365,819.89 | $1,443,813.76 |
| Felix H Savoie | New Orleans, LA | $306,194.40 | $1,360,694.77 |
| Theodore Blaine | New York, NY | $296,694.49 | $764,843.68 |
| Anup Shah | Phoenix, AZ | $287,963.11 | $1,342,147.29 |
| Steven Lee Martin | Seneca, SC | $281,890.04 | $356,284.32 |
| Seth Lawrence Sherman | Stanford, CA | $280,420.37 | $1,188,907.64 |
| Ryan W Simovitch | West Palm Beach, FL | $271,847.94 | $1,202,893.04 |
| Jorge Chahla | Munster, IN | $271,557.60 | $916,883.99 |
| Sean Mcmillan | Burlington, NJ | $228,358.32 | $1,914,192.81 |
| Tal David | San Diego, CA | $212,764.70 | $488,236.45 |
| Thomas P Knapp | Santa Monica, CA | $208,096.49 | $2,453,330.82 |
| Robert F Laprade | Edina, MN | $201,773.36 | $1,149,077.11 |
| Samir Sharma | Los Gatos, CA | $194,933.88 | $860,093.13 |
| Nikhil Verma | Chicago, IL | $187,997.40 | $646,867.71 |
| Gregory Scott Difelice | New York, NY | $186,153.39 | $1,806,376.81 |
| Bruce A Levy | Orlando, FL | $182,013.92 | $816,313.76 |
| David Clint Flanigan | Columbus, OH | $172,931.82 | $922,380.46 |
| Jason M Scopp | Salisbury, MD | $169,583.32 | $637,400.51 |
| Ilya Voloshin | Rochester, NY | $165,552.60 | $786,396.29 |
| Wesley Phipatanakul | Loma Linda, CA | $162,183.14 | $669,420.69 |
| Albert Lin | Pittsburgh, PA | $150,869.04 | $461,398.42 |
| Michael B Banffy | Los Angeles, CA | $150,555.37 | $577,710.81 |
| James W Genuario | Parker, CO | $150,399.14 | $719,502.40 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026).