Geoffrey Stone, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Houma, LANPI 1679708952
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 38 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 53.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $44,428, 2.7 times the $16,182 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in LA 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.
Across 496 payments — averaging $294.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$78K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$24K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$19K
- Encore Medical, LP$8K
- Stryker$5K
- Arthrex$4K
- plus $7K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$65,24545%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,55012%
- Travel & lodging$33,07023%
- Food & beverage$26,24218%
- Education$4,1773%
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 | 188 | $78,022 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 26 | $24,387 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 68 | $19,391 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 66 | $8,188 |
| Stryker | 38 | $5,231 |
| Arthrex | 30 | $4,240 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 8 | $2,443 |
| Xiros Inc | 6 | $900 |
| International Life Sciences | 2 | $843 |
| Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc. | 3 | $308 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $280 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $275 |
| Ossio Inc | 2 | $258 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $216 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $213 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 10 | $168 |
| Abbott | 2 | $160 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 2 | $152 |
| Dunamis Medical, LLC | 1 | $135 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $79 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 3 | $70 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Amgen | 2 | $26 |
| Biorez, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $12 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
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.
- AETOS Shoulder System$24,579
- Healicoil$20,211
- Q-FIX$14,931
- LENS 4K$13,724
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$12,685
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$12,143
- Mecta-C Cervical Cages$11,153
- RevoMotion$10,773
- Drawtight$10,500
- TWINFIX$10,118
- Regeneten$5,493
- DJO SURGICAL$4,998
- Mini-Open Latarjet$4,904
- HEALICOIL REGENESORB$4,875
- MICRORAPTOR REGENESORB$3,750
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$2,925
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$2,913
- Shoulder System$2,437
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$2,251
- OVOMotion$2,042
How this compares
$146,284 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 110 | $2,269 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 112 | $1,840 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 74 | $1,218 |
| Clindamycin Phos-Benzoyl PeroxClindamycin Phos/Benzoyl Perox | 17 | $734 |
| Meloxicam | 266 | $598 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 86 | $562 |
| Gabapentin | 52 | $426 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 13 | $319 |
| Methocarbamol | 14 | $291 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 54 | $258 |
| Mupirocin | 26 | $212 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 36 | $174 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $107 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $67 |
| Diazepam | 15 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Houma
- Christopher HarrodBaton Rouge$3M
- Vinod DasaKenner$1.9M
- Pierce NunleyShreveport$1.8M
- Jorge IsazaBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Neil MakiThibodaux$620K
- Robert ZuraNew Orleans$597K
- Kevin McCarthyBaton Rouge$594K
- Timmothy RandellAlexandria$498K
- Fernando SanchezNew Orleans$484K
- Robert EastonBaton Rouge$394K
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.