RxDoctor Payments Data

Craig McAllister

Orthopaedic Surgery · Edmonds, WANPI 1891754792

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $352,055 of the $375,982 with a category attached, or 93.6%. Evergreen Orthopedic Research Lab LLC accounts for 94.7% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $103,727 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $131 in 2024. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in WA 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.

$375,982in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 199 payments — averaging $1889.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Evergreen Orthopedic Research Lab LLC$356K
  • Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$10K
  • Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$5K
  • Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$2K
  • Stryker$1K
  • DJO, LLC$784
  • plus $931 from 4 others
$26,900in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 2 payments — averaging $13,450 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$27K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$352,05594%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$12,7383%
  • Travel & lodging$9,5653%
  • Food & beverage$1,6160%
  • Education$80%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Evergreen Orthopedic Research Lab LLC16$356,102
Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC10$10,147
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated10$4,744
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.1$2,000
Stryker13$1,274
DJO, LLC144$784
Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.2$708
Zimmer Biomet1$122
Johnson & Johnson1$85
Vericel Corporation1$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.

How this compares

$375,982 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 495 orthopaedic surgery providers in Washington.

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