Darren Johnson, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Lexington, KYNPI 1851497846
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (35.0%), speaking fees and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 93.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 304 payments — averaging $1752.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$497K
- Xiros Inc$20K
- DJO, LLC$13K
- Ossur Americas, Inc.$1K
- Linvatec Corporation$1K
- Stryker$529
- plus $516 from 3 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $22,140 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.
- Smith+Nephew$44K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$106,42220%
- Consulting fees$186,21935%
- Speaking & faculty fees$169,07632%
- Grants$12,3102%
- Travel & lodging$44,8968%
- Food & beverage$13,8253%
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 | 250 | $496,744 |
| Xiros Inc | 27 | $20,101 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $12,521 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 3 | $1,305 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 9 | $1,031 |
| Stryker | 5 | $529 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $241 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $239 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $36 |
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.
- SPATIAL FRAME$114,107
- FAST-FIX$64,613
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$55,986
- Biosure$55,701
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$55,109
- PINPOINT System$49,344
- ACUFEX PINPOINT$45,531
- LENS 4K$44,625
- Xtendobutton$44,625
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$41,902
- Healicoil$35,849
- NOVOSTITCH$34,551
- Acufex$30,933
- ULTRABUTTON$29,366
- Acufex Director$27,226
- BIORAPTOR$27,174
- Accu-pass$24,589
- NA$23,485
- BIOSURE REGENESORB$15,438
- Firstpass$14,319
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in Kentuckyto 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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Lexington
- Eric MoghadamianLexington$160K
- Raymond Wright JrLexington$94K
- Ryan DeangelisLexington$41K
- David ZuelzerLexington$24K
- Brandon ScottLexington$16K
- Thomas KrupkoLexington$10K
- Ryan CassidyLexington$10K
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.