James Stone, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Milwaukee, WINPI 1295839298
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $138,967 of the $140,821 with a category attached, or 98.7%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 98.8% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $139,152 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $41 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in WI 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 37 payments — averaging $3805.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$139K
- Arthrex$1K
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$347
- Suvon Surgical LLC$17
Across 3 payments — averaging $49,576 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Zimmer Biomet$149K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$450%
- Food & beverage$1,8091%
- Other$138,96799%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $139,090 |
| Arthrex | 31 | $1,367 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $347 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- TAPESTRY$138,805
- Accelero-None$123
How this compares
$140,821 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 498 orthopaedic surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 82 | $144 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $31 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 21 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Milwaukee
- Joseph SchwabMilwaukee$191K
- Navjot KohliMilwaukee$145K
- Donald HackbarthMilwaukee$106K
- Michael DeckerMilwaukee$56K
- Caitlin OrnerMilwaukee$42K
- Elizabeth NolteMilwaukee$41K
- Steven CherneyMilwaukee$31K
- Robert ChurchillGrafton$7.7M
- Richard IllgenMadison$6.1M
- Jeffrey McLaughlinOshkosh$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.