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CHRISTOPHER MELTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1528683711
CMS profile
7586456
Location
AUGUSTA, GA

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General Payments · PY2025 · Entire year

$11,443.44

56 records · 0 disputed

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  • CMS publication 2026-06-30
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By nature of payment

PY2025 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Grant $6,250.00 1
Food and Beverage $3,729.46 45
Travel and Lodging $1,463.98 10

By paying entity

PY2025 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
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 LLC $22.12 1
Ethicon US, LLC $17.73 1
Teleflex LLC $17.36 1

Payment records · PY2025

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General Payments · PY2025 · Physicians and non-physician practitioners · CMS publication 2026-06-30

56 matching records · $11,443.44 reported total · 0 disputed

Nature of payment: All payment types

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Showing records 1–50 of 56.

Paying entityAmountDate Nature of paymentDispute statusPublication flagsPublished Record IDSource
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $140.2512/18/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242291563 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $133.5210/24/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242291561 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $48.8410/23/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261173907915 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $58.7010/23/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261173908104 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $82.9710/23/2025 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261173908159 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $43.7710/23/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261173908191 CMS
Stryker Corporation $189.5010/23/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268048 CMS
Medacta USA, Inc. $2.0010/01/2025 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242115073 CMS
Stryker Corporation $52.2709/25/2025 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268032 CMS
Stryker Corporation $52.2809/25/2025 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268034 CMS
Stryker Corporation $48.7609/25/2025 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268036 CMS
Stryker Corporation $48.7709/25/2025 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268038 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13.2909/25/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268040 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13.2909/25/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268042 CMS
Stryker Corporation $448.4809/25/2025 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268044 CMS
Stryker Corporation $448.4809/25/2025 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268046 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $73.6909/24/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261174107781 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $77.9109/22/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261174108177 CMS
Stryker Corporation $169.7209/20/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268030 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $145.9809/11/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261246883263 CMS
Stryker Corporation $125.1009/09/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261227750682 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $110.0008/22/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242291557 CMS
Medacta USA, Inc. $176.4908/20/2025 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242114940 CMS
Medacta USA, Inc. $103.4808/20/2025 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242114944 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $41.8208/19/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261174108678 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $79.9607/22/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242291555 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $17.7306/30/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261173844046 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $148.0706/15/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261174108682 CMS
Biocomposites Inc $119.8506/11/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261227038797 CMS
Teleflex LLC $17.3606/11/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242446880 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $6,250.0006/02/2025 Grant No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242291559 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $28.4005/30/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261174108464 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $1.4904/25/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261174107906 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $124.5504/16/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242291553 CMS
ERMI LLC $22.1204/01/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261234208155 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $38.6803/27/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261174108725 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $132.4803/26/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261174108751 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $109.2703/19/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261174107466 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $8.7303/13/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261174107536 CMS
Stryker Corporation $42.9403/13/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268028 CMS
Stryker Corporation $147.4303/12/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268024 CMS
Stryker Corporation $52.8103/12/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261252268026 CMS
SMOKY MOUNTAIN SURGICAL LLC $126.7303/11/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261244779638 CMS
SMOKY MOUNTAIN SURGICAL LLC $54.1603/11/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261244779640 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $143.2703/11/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242291551 CMS
Stryker Corporation $175.0003/11/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261227750678 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $7.7102/28/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242291545 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $9.7702/27/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242291547 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $22.1202/27/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242291549 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $95.2402/26/2025 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/20261242291543 CMS

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $58.53 2
PY2021 $852.79 15
PY2022 $2,013.80 21
PY2023 $1,183.08 13
PY2024 $2,185.41 37
PY2025 $11,443.44 56

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
Source files and profile matching
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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Cite this record.

Plain
CHRISTOPHER MELTON, NPI 1528683711. IndustryPayments, data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1528683711.
APA 7
IndustryPayments. (2026). CHRISTOPHER MELTON, NPI 1528683711 (Data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z) [Data set]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1528683711
Bluebook
CHRISTOPHER MELTON, NPI 1528683711, IndustryPayments (data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z), https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1528683711.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Open Payments.