Christopher Melton
Orthopaedic Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1528683711
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 144 payments — averaging $123.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Stryker$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$305
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$6,25035%
- Travel & lodging$2,05712%
- Food & beverage$8,55648%
- Education$8755%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $7,141 |
| Stryker | 32 | $2,865 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 46 | $2,707 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,132 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $1,124 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $305 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $282 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $265 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $237 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $181 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 2 | $181 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $164 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $133 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $120 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $119 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $117 |
| Bonalive Inc | 1 | $114 |
| Team 1, LLC | 3 | $110 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $24 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $22 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Axogen | 1 | $17 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 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.
- NA$2,020
- MAKOPLASTY$897
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$609
- Avenir$561
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$543
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$542
- TRITANIUM$457
- MAKO$300
- GMK SPHERE$280
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$181
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$181
- ALPHAVENT$172
- TRIDENT$170
- LCP$148
- Avitus Bone Harvester$146
- MOTOBAND$146
- TFN-Advance$144
- REDAPT$143
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$142
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$136
How this compares
$17,737 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron Hcl | 13 | $103 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $76 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Augusta
- Stephen ParadaAugusta$699K
- Lynn CrosbyAugusta$536K
- John DevineAugusta$331K
- Uzondu AgochukwuAugusta$194K
- Nathan KukowskiAugusta$108K
- John MartellAugusta$91K
- Nicholas CapitoAugusta$83K
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.8M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.7M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.