Christopher Chiodo, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1457318875
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $537,459 of the $539,042 with a category attached, or 99.7%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 50.3% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MA 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 92 payments — averaging $5859.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$271K
- Arthrex$213K
- DJO, LLC$54K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$1K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$199
- Smith+Nephew$43
- plus $31 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$537,459100%
- Food & beverage$3570%
- Education$1,2270%
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 | 27 | $271,243 |
| Arthrex | 28 | $212,526 |
| DJO, LLC | 29 | $53,708 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 2 | $1,292 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $199 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $43 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ARTHREX$744,326
- Trabecular Metal (TM)$171,752
- Trabecular Metal (TM) Ankle$99,473
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE PROSTOP$51,295
- PROCARE$15,954
- AIRCAST$13,129
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FOOT & ANKLE PROSTOP$12,365
- PROCARE Bracing & Supports$8,104
- AIRCAST Bracing & Supports$8,104
How this compares
$539,042 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 542 orthopaedic surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Boston
- Paul TornettaBoston$16.3M
- Thomas ThornhillBoston$12M
- Andrew FreibergBoston$5.9M
- Jon WarnerBoston$5.4M
- Wolfgang FitzBoston$3.7M
- John KwonBoston$663K
- Andrew WhiteBoston$438K
- Carl TalmoBoston$315K
- Michael KainBoston$171K
- Nishant SunejaBoston$161K
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.