Christopher Jones, MD
Sports Medicine · Nashville, TNNPI 1497074017
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (34.8%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 31.1% of the total. Among sports medicine clinicians in TN 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 308 payments — averaging $113.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$11K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$10K
- Arthrex$6K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$3K
- Music City Medical Technologies, LLC$1K
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 24 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $25,000 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.
- Medtronic$25K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,2509%
- Travel & lodging$12,11735%
- Food & beverage$11,76034%
- Education$7,71622%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 113 | $10,823 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 30 | $10,088 |
| Arthrex | 74 | $5,858 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $3,250 |
| Music City Medical Technologies, LLC | 6 | $1,123 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 4 | $1,001 |
| Smith+Nephew | 18 | $886 |
| DJO, LLC | 9 | $537 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $246 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $210 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $114 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $83 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $78 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $73 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $66 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $52 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Amgen | 2 | $26 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- GATTEX$3,250
- SALVATION$2,369
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$2,349
- MAKO$1,060
- REUNION$831
- Stravix$475
- MAKOPLASTY$300
- Physio-Stim$279
- Regeneten$235
- DONJOY$212
- RIO$170
- 1788$170
- ARTHREX$150
- INSPACE$144
- TRIDENT$125
- Coblation Wands$116
- CMF$110
- AIRCAST$107
How this compares
$34,843 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 147 sports medicine providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 28 | $334 |
| Celecoxib | 19 | $317 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 20 | $186 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $184 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 28 | $163 |
| Meloxicam | 74 | $162 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 32 | $83 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Nashville
- Jw ByrdNashville$248K
- Christian AndersonNashville$24K
- Calvin DyerNashville$11K
- Joseph SchafferNashville$10K
- Paul CrookNashville$7K
- Eric BowmanNashville$6K
- Jeffrey DlabachCollierville$504K
- Ian ByramFranklin$252K
- Lucas RichieLebanon$159K
- Zachary PharrColumbia$75K
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.