Dean Walker, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · West Valley City, UTNPI 1861424012
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $667 of the $982 with a category attached, or 67.9%. Active Medical, LLC accounts for 67.9% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $779 and has fallen 82.6% since, to $136 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $5,401.
Across 12 payments — averaging $81.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Active Medical, LLC$667
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$91
- Vericel Corporation$47
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$41
- Stryker$41
- Johnson & Johnson$28
- plus $68 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$29630%
- Education$66768%
- Other$192%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Active Medical, LLC | 1 | $667 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $47 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Stryker | 2 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $28 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $24 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$982 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 221 orthopaedic surgery providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 129 | $1,698 |
| Ibuprofen | 72 | $1,294 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 21 | $266 |
| Meloxicam | 20 | $176 |
| Amoxicillin | 20 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in West Valley City
- Hugh WestMurray$14.2M
- Aaron HofmannSalt Lake City$10.7M
- Thomas CaltonWashington Terrace$3.5M
- Jeremy GilillandSalt Lake City$2.9M
- Joshua HickmanBountiful$2.7M
- Robert TashjianSalt Lake City$2.6M
- Jeffrey JacksonSalt Lake City$2.3M
- Peter StevensSlc$2.1M
- Thomas HigginsSalt Lake City$1.2M
- Christopher MartinSalt Lake City$1.2M
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.