Christopher Defalco, MD
Sports Medicine · Indianapolis, INNPI 1306101092
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $8,520 of the $11,013 with a category attached, or 77.4%. Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC accounts for 74.4% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,036 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $97 in 2025.
Across 53 payments — averaging $207.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC$8K
- Arthrex$1K
- Stryker$319
- Zimmer Biomet$300
- Acumed LLC$225
- Medacta USA, Inc.$221
- plus $482 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8167%
- Food & beverage$1,67815%
- Education$8,52077%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC | 9 | $8,200 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $1,265 |
| Stryker | 7 | $319 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $300 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $225 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 9 | $221 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $199 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $185 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| MF MED | 1 | $26 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $16 |
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
$11,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 156 sports medicine providers in Indiana.
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 Hcl | 66 | $465 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 28 | $435 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 42 | $273 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $139 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $57 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Indianapolis
- Nedal AlkhatibIndianapolis$51K
- David FoulkIndianapolis$21K
- Andrew GudemanIndianapolis$17K
- Patrick SiparskyIndianapolis$16K
- Kevin GebkeIndianapolis$14K
- Steven AhlfeldIndianapolis$10K
- Troy RobersonIndianapolis$4K
- William DavisIndianapolis$2K
- Evan ArmingtonIndianapolis$2K
- Gregory EstesIndianapolis$1K
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.