Jason Cox, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Athens, OHNPI 1407088982
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $1,200 of the $1,828 with a category attached, or 65.7%. CDC Medical LLC accounts for 65.7% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,252 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $24 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $3,554.
Across 15 payments — averaging $121.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CDC Medical LLC$1K
- Stryker$474
- Johnson & Johnson$64
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$26
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$16
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$14
- plus $34 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$19811%
- Food & beverage$43024%
- Education$1,20066%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CDC Medical LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Stryker | 7 | $474 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $64 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $26 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- MAKO$198
How this compares
$1,828 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 794 orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 74 | $421 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 60 | $184 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Athens
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Brian CohenChillicothe$8.8M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- John SontichYoungstown$3.6M
- Anthony MiniaciCleveland$3.1M
- David WelkerMiamisburg$2.8M
- Kenneth GreeneCleveland$2.6M
- Mark FroimsonCleveland$2.5M
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.