Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

JOHN S APPLETON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1588714661
CMS profile
344111
Location
DALLAS, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$16,370.20

  • Reported across 141 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$371.41

8 records · 0 disputed

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

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Royalty or License $187.79 1
Food and Beverage $183.62 7

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. $227.51 2
Bioventus LLC $70.64 3
Ethicon US, LLC $33.42 1
Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC $21.32 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $18.52 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,632.45 38
PY2019 $4,619.85 45
PY2020 $1,091.02 8
PY2021 $3,673.82 16
PY2022 $774.58 11
PY2023 $1,207.07 15
PY2024 $371.41 8

Payment records · PY2024 (8)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Bioventus LLC $23.75 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137436131 CMS
Bioventus LLC $24.59 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137436133 CMS
Bioventus LLC $22.30 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137436135 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $18.52 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077891514 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $33.42 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077646676 CMS
Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC $21.32 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1099942788 CMS
Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. $187.79 02/08/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147097841 CMS
Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. $39.72 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147097843 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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