Jason Conaughty, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Evansville, INNPI 1962449389
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,303 and has fallen 93.2% since, to $89 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $4,533.
Across 80 payments — averaging $41.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Nevro Corp.$524
- Johnson & Johnson$80
- Globus Medical$34
- Orthogenrx Inc.$17
- plus $17 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,79755%
- Food & beverage$1,48545%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 44 | $1,306 |
| Stryker | 10 | $1,302 |
| Nevro Corp. | 18 | $524 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $80 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $34 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $11 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $6 |
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.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$951
- PRESTIGE$552
- Omnia$149
- Senza$134
How this compares
$3,282 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 400 orthopaedic surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 84 | $921 |
| Calcitonin-SalmonCalcitonin,salmon,synthetic | 16 | $840 |
| Gabapentin | 97 | $568 |
| Methylprednisolone | 88 | $463 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 44 | $315 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 49 | $305 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 40 | $143 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 21 | $131 |
| Meloxicam | 75 | $125 |
| Mupirocin | 14 | $108 |
| Lorazepam | 21 | $11 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Evansville
- Shayne KellyEvansville$38K
- Frank KolisekGreenwood$7.5M
- David FisherIndianapolis$5.9M
- Michael BerendIndianapolis$4M
- John WilliamsFort Wayne$2.7M
- Sanford KunkelIndianapolis$1.9M
- Hill HastingsIndianapolis$1.6M
- Mark KlaassenElkhart$1.3M
- Alan McGeeFort Wayne$1.1M
- Lindsey RolstonNew Castle$1.1M
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.