John Lewis, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1346566775
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (45.8%), consulting fees and other — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Stryker accounts for 61.0% of it on its own, with 34 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $373,734, 8.2 times the $45,613 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KY 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 786 payments — averaging $1941.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$930K
- Medshape, Inc.$280K
- Medline Industries LP$219K
- Restor3d, Inc.$25K
- Activortho, Inc.$22K
- Flower Orthopedics Coporation$15K
- plus $35K from 29 others
Across 25 payments — averaging $110.89 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Stryker$3K
Across 3 payments — averaging $31,071 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- GLW, Inc$93K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$699,36546%
- Consulting fees$412,65627%
- Speaking & faculty fees$55,2474%
- Travel & lodging$83,0555%
- Food & beverage$21,9111%
- Education$1,2000%
- Gifts$7220%
- Other$252,04217%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 446 | $930,351 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 28 | $279,624 |
| Medline Industries LP | 175 | $219,107 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 19 | $24,733 |
| Activortho, Inc. | 13 | $22,352 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 14 | $14,929 |
| Bioventus LLC | 7 | $12,424 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 2 | $6,908 |
| Panther Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $5,599 |
| Avitus Orthopaedics, Inc. | 3 | $2,000 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $1,521 |
| Medartis Inc. | 3 | $1,518 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 19 | $1,318 |
| Applied Medical Technology Inc | 1 | $1,050 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 6 | $810 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 17 | $315 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 3 | $220 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $187 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $149 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $133 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $133 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $103 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $87 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $62 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $59 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $55 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $25 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
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.
- EASYFUSE$655,788
- MEDLINE UNITE$296,689
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$177,263
- MEDLINE$143,252
- PENDING$71,626
- INFINITY$58,140
- HOFFMANN$47,729
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$44,373
- PROPHECY$44,165
- MJFS4536$36,845
- INBONE$35,137
- R&D Foot and Ankle$33,138
- Dermatology and Wound Care$28,743
- INVISION$28,425
- DynaNail Helix, Washer, 15 mm$18,750
- SALVATION$18,385
- PROstep$18,369
- EASY CLIP$13,769
- AXSOS$11,729
- GRAVITY$11,128
How this compares
$1,526,196 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 322 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 | 95 | $597 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 65 | $495 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 100 | $431 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $296 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $242 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $74 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $35 |
| Amoxicillin | 12 | $11 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Louisville
- Arthur MalkaniLouisville$9.6M
- Jonathan YerasimidesLouisville$4.3M
- Akbar NawabLouisville$1M
- Joseph GreeneLouisville$581K
- George QuillLouisville$304K
- Rodolfo Zamora RendichLouisville$292K
- Richard SweetLouisville$238K
- Frank BonnarensLouisville$146K
- Ryan EadsLouisville$99K
- Kevin HarreldLouisville$87K
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.