Charles Decook, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Cumming, GANPI 1386794113
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $39,992,822 of the $48,346,319 with a category attached, or 82.7%. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. accounts for 94.2% of it on its own, with 33 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $26,221,790 and has fallen 87.6% since, to $3,239,503 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA 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 1,160 payments — averaging $41,678 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$45.6M
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1.8M
- Zimmer Biomet$659K
- Medtronic$219K
- Canary Medical USA LLC$69K
- Johnson & Johnson$5K
- plus $4K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$125,2600%
- Consulting fees$1,084,9682%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,646,94114%
- Travel & lodging$82,7950%
- Food & beverage$27,8880%
- Education$385,6451%
- Other$39,992,82283%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 80 | $45,557,608 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 351 | $1,832,659 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 459 | $658,604 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 157 | $219,030 |
| Canary Medical USA LLC | 1 | $69,400 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 47 | $5,100 |
| Smith+Nephew | 13 | $1,002 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 5 | $580 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 3 | $493 |
| Linkbio Corp | 1 | $185 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $169 |
| Abbott | 1 | $164 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 10 | $159 |
| BD | 1 | $158 |
| Stryker | 2 | $133 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $114 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $109 |
| UOC USA Inc | 1 | $95 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $91 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $89 |
| Amgen | 4 | $60 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $38 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ACTIS$859,070
- CORAIL$446,621
- ATTUNE$434,845
- Velys$310,510
- Kincise$309,622
- G7$215,356
- AQUAMANTYS$215,242
- Persona$212,429
- Avenir$188,372
- Z1 HIP SYSTEM$130,000
- mymobility Platform$76,264
- Kincise Surgical Automated System$67,461
- VELYS Hip Navigation$37,463
- Arcos$21,836
- PINNACLE$8,403
- RECLAIM$1,355
- HIP ENDURANCE$1,247
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$675
- HAMMR CURVED G7 IMPACTOR$581
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$546
How this compares
$48,346,319 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 404 | $2,245 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 825 | $2,050 |
| Gabapentin | 189 | $1,199 |
| Ibuprofen | 227 | $1,198 |
| Cefdinir | 69 | $842 |
| Methylprednisolone | 125 | $648 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 61 | $579 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 96 | $525 |
| Amoxicillin | 350 | $357 |
| Dexamethasone | 82 | $313 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 122 | $277 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $122 |
| Meloxicam | 38 | $95 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 23 | $82 |
| Methocarbamol | 18 | $76 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Cumming
- George GuildCumming$987K
- David CovallCumming$385K
- Christopher BlanchardCumming$312K
- Brandon NaylorCumming$156K
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
- Dennis DevitoAtlanta$1.5M
- Jon MinterAlpharetta$1.2M
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.