John Sontich, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Youngstown, OHNPI 1013058908
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $3,522,711 of the $3,586,988 with a category attached, or 98.2%. Stryker accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $769,635 and has fallen 52.0% since, to $369,752 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH 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 139 payments — averaging $25,806 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3.6M
- Johnson & Johnson$553
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$159
- Bone Support Inc.$104
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$71
- Kerecis Limited$61
- plus $240 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$3,522,71198%
- Consulting fees$46,5001%
- Travel & lodging$13,5700%
- Food & beverage$4,1100%
- Education$970%
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 | 114 | $3,585,798 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $553 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $71 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $61 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $58 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $15 |
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.
- HOFFMANN$3,588,607
- PRIME SERIES$2,165
- AXSOS$2,095
- VARIAX$1,964
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$1,827
- GAMMA$1,827
- SALVATION$1,611
- PROstep$1,363
- INFINITY$371
- SPS$309
- NA$299
- ASNIS$280
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$161
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$159
- MOTOBAND$150
- VA-LCP$150
- FIXOS$143
- PROPHECY$111
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$104
- PANGEA$100
How this compares
$3,586,988 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Youngstown
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Brian CohenChillicothe$8.8M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- Anthony MiniaciCleveland$3.1M
- David WelkerMiamisburg$2.8M
- Kenneth GreeneCleveland$2.6M
- Mark FroimsonCleveland$2.5M
- Robert MolloyCleveland$2.3M
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.