Christopher Lynch, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Branford, CTNPI 1952307456
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $40,657 of the $48,246 with a category attached, or 84.3%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by B. Braun Medical Inc. at 46.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $22,184 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $390 in 2025.
Across 155 payments — averaging $311.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- B. Braun Medical Inc.$23K
- Orthalign Inc$17K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$2K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$2K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$637
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,65784%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,6003%
- Travel & lodging$2,6195%
- Food & beverage$3,3707%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| B. Braun Medical Inc. | 7 | $22,536 |
| Orthalign Inc | 8 | $16,891 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 9 | $2,401 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 3 | $2,048 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $1,912 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 15 | $637 |
| Amgen | 69 | $444 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 18 | $402 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $202 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $108 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Vertex | 2 | $58 |
| Stryker | 1 | $40 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $29 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $22 |
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.
- CONTIPLEX ANESTHESIA CATHETERS$13,787
- OrthAlign Plus System$13,335
- CONTIPLEX$8,000
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$3,500
- GMK SPHERE$2,000
- Journey II XR$1,743
- HEALIX$238
- ATTUNE$131
- TRUMATCH$131
- ACTIS$131
- AMISTEM$124
- GRYPHON$114
- DYNACORD$114
- Excelsius - GPS$108
How this compares
Too few adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Connecticutto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 82 | $6,485 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Pot ErAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 22 | $877 |
| Celecoxib | 32 | $715 |
| Methylprednisolone | 83 | $496 |
| Amoxicillin | 180 | $334 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 64 | $212 |
| Meloxicam | 25 | $69 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Branford
- Philip MinottiBranford$5K
- Jenna BernsteinTrumbull$273K
- Paul MurrayHartford$64K
- Thomas HickernellStamford$45K
- Arthur ManoliWilton$25K
- Elie MansourNew Haven$24K
- Ryan CharetteWallingford$16K
- Derek ShiaHamden$7K
- Donald AllenHartford$7K
- Adam GreenNorth Franklin$6K
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.