Covered recipient · General Payments record
CHRISTOPHER MELTON
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery
General Payments · PY2020–2025
$17,737.05
- Reported across 144 records
- CMS publication 2026-06-30
Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.
How these totals are calculated
- The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
- General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
- Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
- Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.
By nature of payment
PY2025 · sorted by reported total
| Nature of payment | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Grant | $6,250.00 | 1 |
| Food and Beverage | $3,729.46 | 45 |
| Travel and Lodging | $1,463.98 | 10 |
By paying entity
PY2025 · sorted by reported total
| Paying entity | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $7,141.35 | 12 |
| Stryker Corporation | $2,320.22 | 17 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $961.69 | 13 |
| MEDACTA USA, INC. | $281.97 | 3 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $234.28 | 4 |
| SMOKY MOUNTAIN SURGICAL LLC | $180.89 | 2 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $145.98 | 1 |
| BIOCOMPOSITES INC | $119.85 | 1 |
| ERMI Inc. | $22.12 | 1 |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $17.73 | 1 |
| Teleflex LLC | $17.36 | 1 |
By program year
All program years on this page · sorted by year
Payment records · PY2025 (56)
Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS
Source & provenance
- Dataset
- CMS Open Payments — General Payments
- Publisher of source data
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- CMS publication date
- 2026-06-30
- Program years on this page
- 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Generated from
- OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv
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