Jonathan Christy, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Savannah, GANPI 1679722821
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Davol Inc. accounts for 86.4% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $76,777 and has fallen 50.9% since, to $37,678 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA 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 290 payments — averaging $743.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Davol Inc.$186K
- Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC$12K
- Zimmer Biomet$12K
- Deroyal Industries, Inc.$4K
- BD$618
- Osteoremedies, LLC$204
- plus $367 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$88,10241%
- Speaking & faculty fees$85,95040%
- Travel & lodging$34,28916%
- Food & beverage$7,2643%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Davol Inc. | 219 | $186,382 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 8 | $11,929 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 42 | $11,674 |
| Deroyal Industries, Inc. | 3 | $4,431 |
| BD | 5 | $618 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 2 | $204 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $15 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$20,619
- Avance Solo$10,864
- Mepilex Border Post Op AG$10,864
- ROSA-Knee$8,471
- ARISTA$5,494
- Prospera Negative Pressure Wound Therapy$2,200
- Prospera PRO Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Units$2,200
- Avitene Ultrafoam$1,044
- ROSA$995
- Persona$886
- Channel Drain$144
- Robotics$117
- Persona Revision$111
How this compares
$215,605 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 355 | $5,567 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 303 | $1,735 |
| Cefadroxil | 199 | $1,048 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 177 | $935 |
| Vitamin D2Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 36 | $669 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 52 | $553 |
| Methylprednisolone | 76 | $447 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 30 | $377 |
| Amoxicillin | 322 | $254 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 60 | $158 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 16 | $111 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $36 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 29 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Savannah
- Charles HopeSavannah$121K
- Paul BalthropSavannah$83K
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
- Dennis DevitoAtlanta$1.5M
- Jon MinterAlpharetta$1.2M
- George GuildCumming$987K
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.