Christopher Hodgkins, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Coral Gables, FLNPI 1528277084
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.3%), ownership interests and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 70.8% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $393,043 and has fallen 91.6% since, to $33,122 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL 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 1,012 payments — averaging $1058.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$758K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$306K
- Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc.$2K
- Reel Surgical, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$716
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$510
- plus $3K from 18 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $3805.28 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Arthrex$19K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$110,70810%
- Speaking & faculty fees$560,84452%
- Travel & lodging$72,0787%
- Food & beverage$17,7812%
- Education$4,4060%
- Ownership interest$305,55629%
- Other$1590%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 941 | $758,308 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 7 | $306,126 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 15 | $1,920 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $1,251 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $716 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 5 | $510 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $389 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $345 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 3 | $308 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $264 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $199 |
| Novastep Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $149 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 1 | $119 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 1 | $98 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 1 | $87 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $82 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 1 | $74 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Axogen | 1 | $32 |
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$8,922
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS TRAUMA ANKLE FRACTURE$7,895
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS MIDFOOT PLATES & SCREWS TMT PLATES$4,154
- EXTREMITIES & TRAUMA IMPLANTS COMPRESSION SCREWS METAL SCREWS$3,000
- CAPITAL CONSUMABLES CONSUMABLES RF BRF$1,950
- INTEGRA$439
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FRACTURE MANAGEMENT ANKLE FRACTURE$368
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE TTC NAIL$250
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS TRAUMA TIBIAL FRACTURE$250
- NA$247
- Ankle Fracture$233
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE ANKLE FRACTURE$200
- DynaNail Helix, Washer, 15 mm$199
- DynaNail$199
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$164
- ACell$159
- CENTROLOCK MIS Bunion Correction$157
- BioBrace 23mm$149
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$146
- PRIMATRIX$146
How this compares
$1,071,531 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 Coral Gables
- John UribeCoral Gables$698K
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
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.