Christopher Johnson
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fort Wayne, INNPI 1427345982
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $60,150 of the $86,330 with a category attached, or 69.7%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Linkbio Corp at 52.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $45,190, more than ten times the $431 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 161 payments — averaging $536.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linkbio Corp$46K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$30K
- Stryker$5K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$1K
- Osteoremedies, LLC$678
- plus $2K from 9 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $3955.00 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.
- Illuminoss Medical, Inc.$11K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$60,15070%
- Travel & lodging$16,30819%
- Food & beverage$9,87111%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linkbio Corp | 34 | $45,621 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 41 | $29,859 |
| Stryker | 36 | $4,894 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $1,818 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $1,360 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 4 | $678 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $659 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 5 | $603 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $395 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $262 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Amgen | 1 | $36 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- PINNACLE$30,297
- Remedy Spacer$911
- ATTUNE$629
- MAKO$621
- Velys$606
- GAMMA$549
- ELEOS LIMB SALVAGE SYSTEM$383
- Remedy Spectrum GV Spacer$372
- BioBrush$367
- ACTIS$267
- TMINI Miniature Robotic System$262
- OsteoBoost Select 5cc$173
- Oss-Hips$144
- INHANCE$129
- OSS-Knees$123
- PANGEA$122
- OSS$122
- Persona$109
- Legion Hinge$107
- Legion Revision$107
How this compares
$86,330 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 400 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 53 | $1,509 |
| Mupirocin | 219 | $1,404 |
| Cefadroxil | 22 | $206 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $172 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 23 | $147 |
| Cephalexin | 80 | $122 |
| Amoxicillin | 67 | $115 |
| Meloxicam | 54 | $112 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Fort Wayne
- John WilliamsFort Wayne$2.7M
- Alan McGeeFort Wayne$1.1M
- Micah SmithFort Wayne$674K
- Alan McGeeFort Wayne$135K
- Brandon HugginsFort Wayne$87K
- Michael LeeFort Wayne$42K
- Frank KolisekGreenwood$7.5M
- David FisherIndianapolis$5.9M
- Michael BerendIndianapolis$4M
- Sanford KunkelIndianapolis$1.9M
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.