Justin Kennon, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Knoxville, TNNPI 1104265099
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $26,180 of the $42,530 with a category attached, or 61.6%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 70.5% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $29,668, 6.6 times the $4,472 reported in 2019.
Across 137 payments — averaging $310.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$30K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Exactech, Inc.$1K
- Smith+Nephew$774
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,18062%
- Travel & lodging$5,76714%
- Food & beverage$7,10417%
- Education$3,4798%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 43 | $29,977 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 16 | $3,236 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $2,872 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 22 | $2,172 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $1,111 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $774 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 7 | $423 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $324 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 2 | $292 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 3 | $278 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $257 |
| Medartis Inc. | 3 | $216 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $93 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $60 |
| Vertex | 3 | $57 |
| Axogen | 1 | $51 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$1,069
- EQUINOXE$1,068
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$436
- Shoulder System$240
- DJO SURGICAL$225
- Catalyst Total CSR$203
- Comprehensive Primary Stem$150
- CHARLOTTE SHOULDER SYSTEM$146
- InSet System$144
- AETOS Shoulder System$134
- TAPESTRY$124
- TFN ADVANCED$120
- PINNACLE$116
- SMR Shoulder$108
- REUNION$100
How this compares
$42,530 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 27 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Tennessee.
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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 | 56 | $798 |
| Methylprednisolone | 42 | $249 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $151 |
| Amoxicillin | 69 | $103 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $45 |
| Meloxicam | 24 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Knoxville
- Conrad IvieKnoxville$609K
- Andrew PooleKnoxville$30K
- Dustin HamiltonKnoxville$29K
- Paul YauKnoxville$14K
- Mark TurnerKnoxville$1K
- Cory CalendineFranklin$2.5M
- William KurtzBrentwood$774K
- Brian PerkinsonFranklin$229K
- Andrew ShinarNashville$151K
- William CarpenterNashville$146K
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.