Caleb Thomas, DPM
Podiatrist · University Place, WANPI 1578182812
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,662 of the $2,729 with a category attached, or 60.9%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 33.0% of the total.
Across 53 payments — averaging $51.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$902
- Paragon 28, Inc.$886
- Smith+Nephew$216
- Medtronic$189
- Invictus Surgical Incorporated$160
- Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC$68
- plus $310 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,06739%
- Food & beverage$1,66261%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 5 | $902 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 10 | $886 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $216 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $189 |
| Invictus Surgical Incorporated | 2 | $160 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 4 | $68 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $52 |
| Novus Surgical Consultants | 1 | $36 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $28 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Biowound Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
How this compares
$2,729 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 134 podiatrist providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 15 | $351 |
| Ketoconazole | 14 | $285 |
| Cephalexin | 27 | $276 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 26 | $182 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 12 | $155 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in University Place
- Byron HutchinsonBurien$903K
- Michael DujelaCentralia$99K
- Huy DangCentralia$63K
- Michael FrazierFederal Way$27K
- Ryan StoneBurien$15K
- Alvin NganSeattle$13K
- Tony KimWenatchee$11K
- Anthony MollicaBellevue$11K
- Todd ChappellTacoma$9K
- Matthew WilliamsSeattle$8K
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.