Joseph Patterson, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Los Angeles, CANPI 1760892798
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $51,559 of the $68,504 with a category attached, or 75.3%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 33.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $41,444, more than ten times the $127 reported in 2019.
Across 100 payments — averaging $685.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$23K
- Globus Medical$22K
- Bodycad USA Corp$7K
- Johnson & Johnson$6K
- Synthes GmbH$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- plus $292 from 2 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $7627.67 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.
- Davol Inc.$22K
- Teleflex LLC$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$51,55975%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,5005%
- Travel & lodging$9,43714%
- Food & beverage$4,0086%
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 | 45 | $22,632 |
| Globus Medical | 19 | $22,414 |
| Bodycad USA Corp | 3 | $6,973 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $6,486 |
| Synthes GmbH | 10 | $6,146 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 12 | $3,562 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $195 |
| Curvafix, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
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.
- GAMMA$14,748
- PRO$13,825
- T2 ALPHA$10,000
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$9,126
- Autobahn$8,424
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$6,974
- AXSOS$6,974
- Fine Osteotomy$6,919
- VARIAX$5,774
- HOFFMANN$4,574
- Excelsius - GPS$3,500
- NA$708
- Anthem$610
- PROFYLE$337
- PRIME SERIES$303
- EVO Retrograde$282
- T2$241
- Mini Fragment System$167
- Distal Tibia Plating$167
- Distal Radius II$167
How this compares
$68,504 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 106 orthopaedic trauma providers in California.
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 trauma in Los Angeles
- Christopher LeeLos Angeles$475K
- Joshua GaryLos Angeles$466K
- Eric JohnsonLos Angeles$36K
- Devon JeffcoatLos Angeles$30K
- Sarah BlumenthalLos Angeles$29K
- Mark FlemingLos Angeles$18K
- Michael GardnerStanford$2.9M
- Aaron OsborneRedding$1.3M
- Robert Tonksla Jolla$1.3M
- John ScolaroOrange$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.