Charles Hopkins, MD
Sports Medicine · Griffin, GANPI 1528064672
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 16 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 12 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $125 and has fallen 85.6% since, to $18 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for sports medicine clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $903.
Across 16 payments — averaging $21.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$77
- Radius Health, Inc.$67
- Zimmer Biomet$39
- Stryker$31
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$21
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$21
- plus $86 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$342100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $77 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $39 |
| Stryker | 2 | $31 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $10 |
How this compares
$342 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 168 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 55 | $454 |
| Ibuprofen | 46 | $330 |
| Meloxicam | 98 | $157 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 42 | $93 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $90 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 15 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Griffin
- John XerogeanesAtlanta$4M
- Joseph BurnsAlpharetta$376K
- Sameh LabibBrookhaven$280K
- Spero KarasAtlanta$137K
- Xavier DuraldeAtlanta$77K
- Thomas MyersAtlanta$72K
- Robert O'ConnellCarrollton$69K
- Elan GolanSnellville$57K
- Taylor PolanderJesup$48K
- Anthony CantrellCanton$47K
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.