John Christoforetti, MD
Sports Medicine · Bethesda, MDNPI 1003995218
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (53.7%), royalties or licence payments and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 97.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among sports medicine clinicians in MD 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 323 payments — averaging $1292.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$408K
- Pylant Medical$7K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$2K
- Stryker$414
- Si-bone, Inc.$338
- Smith+Nephew$149
- plus $268 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$134,88332%
- Consulting fees$27,2877%
- Speaking & faculty fees$224,18154%
- Travel & lodging$18,4204%
- Food & beverage$6,3132%
- Education$6,4842%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 290 | $408,353 |
| Pylant Medical | 6 | $6,524 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 12 | $1,522 |
| Stryker | 7 | $414 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $338 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $149 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $144 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $124 |
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.
- ARTHREX$569,354
- KNEE & HIP INSTRUMENTS HIP DISPOSABLE$19,768
- KNEE & HIP INSTRUMENTS HIP DISPOSABLE KITS$19,638
- KNEE & HIP INSTRUMENTS HIP REUSABLE$19,638
- KNEE & HIP INSTRUMENTS HIP INSTRUMENTS$1,206
- ALPHAVENT$160
- ICONIX$160
- HIPCHECK$160
- FLOWPORT$160
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$149
- Wrist Fusion Pins$144
- MACI$124
- KNEE & HIP IMPLANTS HIP PUSHLOCKS$123
How this compares
$417,568 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 111 sports medicine providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 11 | $211 |
| Methylprednisolone | 22 | $175 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Bethesda
- Raymond ThalBethesda$779K
- Scott NassonBethesda$5K
- Yin-Ting ChenBethesda$2K
- Daniel HebertBethesda$1K
- Garrett LynchAnnapolis$1.4M
- Jason ScoppSalisbury$637K
- Jonas RudzkiChevy Chase$386K
- Matthew LevineFrederick$364K
- Abdulaziz AhmedBaltimore$85K
- Taylor WileySalisbury$53K
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.