Christopher Deans, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Indianapolis, INNPI 1407207251
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Encore Medical, LP accounts for 81.1% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $19,309, more than ten times the $626 reported in 2019.
Across 114 payments — averaging $259.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Encore Medical, LP$24K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- Stryker$706
- Smith+Nephew$617
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$292
- Linkbio Corp$191
- plus $460 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,11654%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5005%
- Travel & lodging$6,58122%
- Food & beverage$5,17317%
- Education$2661%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Encore Medical, LP | 45 | $24,043 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 39 | $3,325 |
| Stryker | 14 | $706 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $617 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $292 |
| Linkbio Corp | 1 | $191 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 2 | $145 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $107 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $46 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $24 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$7,188
- DJO Surgical Empowr Knee System$978
- Avenir$730
- Persona$696
- MAKO$286
- Journey II$260
- Oxford$209
- EVOS$150
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$147
- DVR Anatomic Kickstand$134
- ActivBraid$132
- DJO Surgical CLP Hip System$114
- DJO Surgical Cobalt HV Bone Cement$114
- DJO Surgical 3DKnee System$114
- PALACOS$107
How this compares
Too few adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Indianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 18 | $207 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 12 | $128 |
| Meloxicam | 47 | $95 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $40 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $37 |
| Amoxicillin | 39 | $25 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 11 | $11 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Indianapolis
- Robert MeneghiniIndianapolis$10.1M
- Timothy WilliamsIndianapolis$37K
- George VestermarkIndianapolis$33K
- Sakkapol OngwijitwatIndianapolis$25K
- Mark HoodIndianapolis$7K
- Brandt BucknerIndianapolis$4K
- Patrick MillikanIndianapolis$3K
- Joseph MarattCarmel$339K
- Lucian WarthCarmel$316K
- Jeffrey GintherRushville$56K
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.