Darrell Ballinger, DPM
Foot Surgery · Centerville, OHNPI 1285952937
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 75 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 75 payments — averaging $32.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$482
- Organogenesis Inc.$413
- Smith+Nephew$366
- Legacy Ortho LLC$149
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$134
- Amgen$122
- plus $745 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,410100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 11 | $482 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 13 | $413 |
| Smith+Nephew | 18 | $366 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 1 | $149 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 9 | $134 |
| Amgen | 1 | $122 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $104 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $77 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 1 | $64 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $48 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $14 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Viaflow$336
- CITREFIX$127
- Affinity$123
- KRYSTEXXA$122
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$105
- DART-FIRE$104
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$104
How this compares
$2,410 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 28 foot surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 45 | $1,218 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 13 | $837 |
| Celecoxib | 18 | $626 |
| Gabapentin | 32 | $471 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 34 | $465 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 15 | $360 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 38 | $336 |
| Baclofen | 25 | $265 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $212 |
| Prednisone | 47 | $162 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $111 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 17 | $101 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 16 | $59 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 12 | $50 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot surgery in Centerville
- Maggi SmithToledo$12K
- Trenton LeoMansfield$10K
- Georgeanne BotekCleveland$9K
- Richard KunigFairlawn$6K
- Gina HildStrongsville$3K
- John FetzerAkron$3K
- Priyanka MudeNorth Canton$2K
- Frank VargoMedina$2K
- Christopher BohachWillard$1K
- Caren AramouniCuyahoga Falls$1K
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.