Hugh West
Orthopaedic Surgery · Murray, UTNPI 1538101563
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $14,242,397 of the $14,244,728 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. accounts for 95.6% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in UT 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 105 payments — averaging $135,664 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$13.6M
- Linvatec Corporation$625K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$792
- Johnson & Johnson$124
- Avanos Medical$90
- Medacta USA, Inc.$65
- plus $131 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$14,242,397100%
- Travel & lodging$1,5860%
- Food & beverage$7450%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 58 | $13,618,684 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 33 | $624,841 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $792 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $124 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $90 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $51 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $41 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
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.
- RIGIDLOOP$13,618,684
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$9,894,527
- HEALIX$3,724,860
- EDGE ABLATION$337,083
- BIPOLAR ELECTRODES$281,985
- NA$4,645
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$976
How this compares
$14,244,728 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 221 orthopaedic surgery providers in Utah.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Murray
- Benjamin WidmerMurray$160K
- Bradley SmithMurray$34K
- 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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.