John Wilkinson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Zachary, LANPI 1376886663
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,647 of the $2,223 with a category attached, or 74.1%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 54.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $723 and has fallen 64.2% since, to $259 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $3,274.
Across 67 payments — averaging $33.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Amgen$408
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$99
- ALON Medical Technology$67
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$66
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$61
- plus $307 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$57626%
- Food & beverage$1,64774%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 12 | $1,215 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 26 | $408 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $99 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $67 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $60 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $52 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $34 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Axogen | 1 | $17 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$2,223 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 134 | $2,134 |
| Naproxen | 191 | $1,566 |
| Gabapentin | 72 | $448 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 115 | $397 |
| Meloxicam | 124 | $392 |
| Methylprednisolone | 45 | $277 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 64 | $264 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 14 | $129 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 38 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Zachary
- Christopher HarrodBaton Rouge$3M
- Vinod DasaKenner$1.9M
- Pierce NunleyShreveport$1.8M
- Jorge IsazaBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Neil MakiThibodaux$620K
- Robert ZuraNew Orleans$597K
- Kevin McCarthyBaton Rouge$594K
- Timmothy RandellAlexandria$498K
- Fernando SanchezNew Orleans$484K
- Robert EastonBaton Rouge$394K
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.