Justin Walker, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1073742573
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 58 payments — averaging $149.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Catalyst Orthoscience$3K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Piedmont Plus Innovation$1K
- Axogen$497
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$375
- plus $587 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,78832%
- Travel & lodging$2,14725%
- Food & beverage$2,51629%
- Education$1,20014%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 6 | $3,063 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 6 | $1,628 |
| Stryker | 3 | $1,273 |
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 7 | $1,228 |
| Axogen | 9 | $497 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $375 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $100 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $80 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $76 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $24 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $15 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $15 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Catalyst CSR Shoulder System$2,788
- GAMMA$1,273
- TACTOSET$250
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$228
- Archer CSR Total Shoulder System$135
- Archer R1 Reverse Shoulder System$135
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$126
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$126
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$126
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$126
- Twist knotless DEX$125
How this compares
$8,651 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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 | 123 | $2,299 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 115 | $749 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $563 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 85 | $511 |
| Methylprednisolone | 64 | $401 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 48 | $247 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 21 | $174 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 11 | $89 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 34 | $78 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 12 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Atlanta
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
- Dennis DevitoAtlanta$1.5M
- Erroll BaileyAtlanta$536K
- Hardeep SinghAtlanta$451K
- Jorge FabregasAtlanta$421K
- Ezequiel CassinelliAtlanta$225K
- Timothy OswaldAtlanta$220K
- James ChappuisAtlanta$206K
- Michael SchmitzAtlanta$162K
- Samuel WillimonAtlanta$109K
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.