Fred Cushner
Orthopaedic Surgery · New York, NY
CMS Profile ID: 117471 · NPI: 1588637938
Total Disclosed General Payments
$1,557,212.54
General-payment records
77
CMS Program Year
2025
Most of this (about 94%) was royalty or license payments.
Higher than 99.7% of 15,343 PY2025 general-payment recipient profiles in Orthopaedic Surgery.
Percentage rounded down to one decimal; tied totals are not counted as lower. Counts all CMS recipient profiles with a general-payment transaction and this primary specialty, including this provider. CMS specialty: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Orthopaedic Surgery.
Payments by Type
| Payment Type | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty or License | $1,462,840.50 |
| Consulting Fee | $83,025.00 |
| Travel and Lodging | $7,088.33 |
| Food and Beverage | $2,858.71 |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $1,400.00 |
Top Paying Companies
| Manufacturer / GPO | Amount |
|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $1,375,722.85 |
| ORTHALIGN INC | $181,244.41 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $180.34 |
| Stryker Corporation | $64.94 |
Top contributing companies shown; smaller payers may be omitted.
These totals are computed from the official CMS Open Payments program-year 2025 general-payment
file. To see the full, authoritative record for this provider — including research payments and
line-item detail — look them up by exact NPI 1588637938 on the
official CMS Open Payments portal.
Verify this record with CMS
- Confirm the provider's exact NPI: 1588637938.
- Select program year 2025 and general payments in the CMS portal.
- Check individual payment records and their nature-of-payment categories.