Joseph King, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Gainesville, FLNPI 1356501332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $145,041 of the $163,538 with a category attached, or 88.7%. Exactech, Inc. accounts for 87.7% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $46,318 and has fallen 77.4% since, to $10,453 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 158 payments — averaging $1035.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exactech, Inc.$143K
- Linkbio Corp$19K
- Stryker$362
- Linvatec Corporation$228
- Arthrex$213
- Smith+Nephew$181
- plus $571 from 5 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $1391.08 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$18K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$145,04189%
- Travel & lodging$10,0116%
- Food & beverage$8,4865%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exactech, Inc. | 126 | $143,419 |
| Linkbio Corp | 15 | $18,564 |
| Stryker | 3 | $362 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 4 | $228 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $213 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $181 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $178 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 1 | $135 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $116 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $114 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $28 |
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.
- EQUINOXE$141,185
- EQUINOXE PHX SYSTEM$968
- EXACTECHGPS$832
- DJO SURGICAL$568
- NA$149
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$148
- BioBrace 23mm$135
- TORNIER PERFORM ANATOMIC AUGMENTED GLENOID$124
- Catalyst Total CSR$116
- DYNACORD$102
- MICROFIX$102
- HEALIX$102
- GRYPHON$102
How this compares
$163,538 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naproxen | 22 | $1,303 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 21 | $310 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $305 |
| Methocarbamol | 13 | $208 |
| Methylprednisolone | 22 | $136 |
| Meloxicam | 60 | $106 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Gainesville
- Rull James ToussaintGainesville$802K
- Richard VlasakGainesville$773K
- Kevin FarmerGainesville$772K
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
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.