John Wattenbarger
Orthopaedic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1043294598
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $339,230 of the $339,772 with a category attached, or 99.8%. Orthopediatrics Corp. accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NC 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 35 payments — averaging $9707.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$339K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$84
- Saol Therapeutics Inc.$81
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$59
- Johnson & Johnson$34
- Masimo Corporation$23
- plus $44 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$339,230100%
- Food & beverage$5430%
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. | 22 | $339,448 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Saol Therapeutics Inc. | 4 | $81 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $59 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $34 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 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.
- Orthopediatric Implants$40,691
How this compares
$339,772 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 845 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Carolina.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Charlotte
- Thomas FehringCharlotte$18.3M
- Walter BeaverCharlotte$7.4M
- Robert AndersonCharlotte$6.6M
- John MasonCharlotte$5.7M
- William DavisCharlotte$5.2M
- John EllingtonCharlotte$4.9M
- Carroll JonesCharlotte$3.6M
- John MasonisCharlotte$3.4M
- Bruce CohenCharlotte$2.4M
- Anthony KwonCharlotte$1.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.