Darryl Auston, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Thornton, CONPI 1962637983
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 45.5% of the total.
Across 203 payments — averaging $944.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$87K
- Globus Medical$45K
- Si-bone, Inc.$36K
- Medartis Inc.$11K
- Xenco Medical LLC$7K
- Nextremity Solutions Inc.$2K
- plus $3K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$65,95334%
- Speaking & faculty fees$91,32548%
- Travel & lodging$26,54114%
- Food & beverage$7,1294%
- Education$7970%
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 | 107 | $87,232 |
| Globus Medical | 32 | $45,267 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 31 | $36,261 |
| Medartis Inc. | 12 | $11,415 |
| Xenco Medical LLC | 2 | $6,600 |
| Nextremity Solutions Inc. | 1 | $2,180 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $900 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $835 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 4 | $672 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $143 |
| Stryker | 3 | $91 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $62 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $21 |
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.
- EVOS$114,094
- TRIGEN InterTAN$62,779
- TRIGEN$40,630
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$36,005
- EVOS MINI$28,000
- TRIGEN Meta-Nail$13,314
- SMART TSF$13,200
- REDAPT$12,562
- Anthem$11,419
- APTUS$11,210
- TROCH NAIL$9,900
- A/R Femoral Nail$9,675
- Distal Femur Plate System$9,225
- Taylor Spatial Frame$4,915
- Flowable Orthobiologics$4,200
- Peri-Loc$2,460
- Regenerative Tissue Membrane$2,400
- Ankle Fracture System$1,820
- ILIZAROV$1,800
- Conquest FN$1,800
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in Coloradoto 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 Thornton
- Cyril MauffreyDenver$190K
- Jason StonebackAurora$79K
- Nicholas AlfonsoAurora$58K
- Austin HeareDenver$55K
- Daniel WangAurora$35K
- Keenan OnoderaDenver$24K
- Melissa GormanAurora$15K
- Conor SpadyGreeley$11K
- Justin HellwinkelDenver$10K
- Nathaniel SchafferDenver$7K
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.