John Phillips, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Bristol, TNNPI 1992859706
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $57,733 of the $58,211 with a category attached, or 99.2%. Orthopediatrics Corp. accounts for 99.2% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $57,871 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $39 in 2025.
Across 22 payments — averaging $2645.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$58K
- Stryker$167
- Philips North America LLC$111
- Avinger Inc.$77
- Vertex$28
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$25
- plus $70 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$57,73399%
- Travel & lodging$1110%
- Food & beverage$3681%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 8 | $57,733 |
| Stryker | 5 | $167 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $111 |
| Avinger Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Vertex | 1 | $28 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $19 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$58,211 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 381 orthopaedic surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 128 | $859 |
| Methylprednisolone | 76 | $576 |
| Meloxicam | 118 | $304 |
| Celecoxib | 20 | $245 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $83 |
| Amoxicillin | 18 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Bristol
- Paul BradyKnoxville$20M
- Edwin SpencerKnoxville$2.5M
- Jesse DotyChattanooga$2.3M
- Thomas ThrockmortonGermantown$1.7M
- Alton HunterColumbia$820K
- Jefferson MorrisonNashville$678K
- Michael BeebeMemphis$626K
- Gregory PolkowskiNashville$526K
- Matthew WillisNashville$498K
- Michael ChristieNashville$474K
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.