Craig Haytmanek, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Vail, CONPI 1457519795
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 97.5% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $52,120, 2.4 times the $21,429 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CO 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 318 payments — averaging $571.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$177K
- Stryker$2K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$2K
- Exactech, Inc.$679
- Bioventus LLC$168
- Smith+Nephew$143
- plus $433 from 6 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $17,074 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.
- Arthrex$197K
- Stryker$25K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$97,79354%
- Speaking & faculty fees$48,06926%
- Travel & lodging$26,20014%
- Food & beverage$8,8535%
- Education$9651%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 269 | $177,269 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 22 | $1,663 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 7 | $1,526 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 6 | $679 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $168 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $143 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 2 | $107 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 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.
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION$7,179
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY$1,219
- INFINITY$691
- PROPHECY$665
- INBONE$567
- VANTAGE$469
- ARTHREX$260
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS CORE METAL HINDFOOT & ANKLE$188
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE ANCHORS$188
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$171
- PRIME SERIES$122
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE ACHILLES$119
- Unloader One X$117
- ACCULIF$101
How this compares
$181,880 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 383 orthopaedic surgery 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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Vail
- Joel MattaVail$21M
- Andrew GeeslinVail$211K
- Marc PhilipponVail$196K
- Jonathan GodinVail$102K
- Matthew VopatVail$50K
- John ApostolakosVail$48K
- Joseph RuzbarskyVail$45K
- Richard AmendolaVail$39K
- Douglas DennisDenver$16.8M
- Brian HaasDenver$5.1M
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.