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

ZEKE WALTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1780844563
CMS profile
353274
Location
CHARLESTON, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,007.85

  • Reported across 14 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,790.69

10 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
Consulting Fee $1,000.00 1
Food and Beverage $790.69 9

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
EXACTECH, INC. $1,000.00 1
Stryker Corporation $376.50 4
Kerecis Limited $238.66 1
Onkos Surgical, Inc. $120.03 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $41.33 2
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY $14.17 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $28.00 1
PY2020 $149.56 2
PY2023 $39.60 1
PY2024 $1,790.69 10

Payment records · PY2024 (10)

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

Program year 2024 201820202023 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
Becton, Dickinson and Company $14.17 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631438 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $16.49 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077887636 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $24.84 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077887704 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $1,000.00 08/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151237386 CMS
Kerecis Limited $238.66 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120100248 CMS
Onkos Surgical, Inc. $120.03 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144441307 CMS
Stryker Corporation $80.00 04/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120008117 CMS
Stryker Corporation $170.85 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120008119 CMS
Stryker Corporation $25.49 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120008121 CMS
Stryker Corporation $100.16 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120008123 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, 2020, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2020 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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