Aaron Hofmann, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1801986401
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $10,692,275 of the $10,709,478 with a category attached, or 99.8%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,596,819 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $7,922 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in UT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 122 payments — averaging $87,783 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$10.7M
- Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.$15K
- Think Surgical, Inc.$207
- Heraeus Medical, LLC.$65
- Haemonetics Corporation$40
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$27
- plus $40 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$10,692,275100%
- Consulting fees$1,0000%
- Travel & lodging$10,1820%
- Food & beverage$5,7830%
- Gifts$2370%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 34 | $10,694,373 |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | 81 | $14,725 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $207 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $65 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 2 | $40 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $27 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Persona$10,542,651
- Persona Revision$149,624
- TMINI Miniature Robotic System$207
- mymobility Platform$100
How this compares
$10,709,478 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 221 orthopaedic surgery providers in Utah.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 15 | $637 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Salt Lake City
- Jeremy GilillandSalt Lake City$2.9M
- Robert TashjianSalt Lake City$2.6M
- Jeffrey JacksonSalt Lake City$2.3M
- Thomas HigginsSalt Lake City$1.2M
- Christopher MartinSalt Lake City$1.2M
- Christopher PeltSalt Lake City$432K
- Robert BurksSalt Lake City$355K
- Charles SaltzmanSalt Lake City$254K
- Stephen AokiSalt Lake City$239K
- Brandon LawrenceSalt Lake City$144K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.