Christopher Jones, MD
Sports Medicine · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1144226796
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $440,417 of the $631,730 with a category attached, or 69.7%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 77.1% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $457,853 and has fallen 86.9% since, to $59,978 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in CO 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 156 payments — averaging $4049.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$487K
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$51K
- Genesis Software Innovations, LLC$37K
- Exactech, Inc.$33K
- Stryker$17K
- Embody, Inc.$4K
- plus $2K from 13 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $56,546 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Zimmer Biomet$472K
- Genesis Software Innovations, LLC$93K
- Embody, Inc.$0
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$103,35916%
- Consulting fees$50,2888%
- Travel & lodging$10,1842%
- Food & beverage$5,1641%
- Education$1650%
- Gifts$390%
- Ownership interest$22,1134%
- Other$440,41770%
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 | 29 | $487,323 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 38 | $50,531 |
| Genesis Software Innovations, LLC | 6 | $36,653 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 18 | $33,400 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 28 | $17,349 |
| Embody, Inc. | 10 | $4,449 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $500 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 7 | $436 |
| Alliance Medical | 4 | $261 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $238 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 3 | $174 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $118 |
| Genesis Innovation Group, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $73 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 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.
- TAPESTRY$485,328
- InSet System$49,876
- EQUINOXE$32,926
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$7,438
- AEQUALIS$4,250
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$2,978
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$2,132
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID$1,169
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$638
- Pre-Sutured Tendon$500
- NOVATION HIP$403
- Shoulder Innovations TSA$313
- Comprehensive Anatomic$165
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$138
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$137
- HEALICOIL PK Shoulder$132
- R&D EXTREMITIES$115
How this compares
$631,730 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 196 sports medicine providers in Colorado.
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 | 95 | $703 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 67 | $512 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 29 | $344 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 35 | $286 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $43 |
| Amoxicillin | 28 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Colorado Springs
- David WeinsteinColorado Springs$1.5M
- Travis DekkerColorado Springs$43K
- Peter MillettVail$21.6M
- Matthew ProvencherVail$3.4M
- Rachel FrankAurora$1.6M
- Alan NgDenver$1.4M
- James GenuarioParker$720K
- David SchneiderGolden$709K
- Randall ViolaVail$551K
- Edward StollWheat Ridge$265K
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.