Kellie Middleton
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lawrenceville, GANPI 1356789192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.6%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 50.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $19,500 and has fallen 85.0% since, to $2,924 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA 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 167 payments — averaging $325.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$27K
- Smith+Nephew$15K
- Arthrex$4K
- Exactech, Inc.$3K
- United Orthopedics LLC$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $3K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,04741%
- Travel & lodging$12,27023%
- Food & beverage$6,71212%
- Education$13,31024%
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 | 40 | $27,323 |
| Smith+Nephew | 38 | $14,529 |
| Arthrex | 16 | $3,840 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 5 | $2,567 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 3 | $1,751 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $1,329 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,112 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $400 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $218 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $184 |
| Amgen | 11 | $184 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $137 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $130 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $120 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $97 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| ERMI LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Precision Medical Products Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $24 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| RTI Surgical, 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.
- Healicoil$2,852
- EZOUT$2,668
- EQUINOXE$2,515
- STRYKER NAV3$2,370
- Q-FIX$1,960
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$1,824
- SURG - INTERPULSE$1,250
- Endobutton$1,243
- BRISTOW-LATARJET$988
- Mini-Open Latarjet$812
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$812
- Oxford-Knees$522
- STRYKER NAV3I$379
- Knees-None$328
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$297
- DYNACORD$297
- NA$293
- Comprehensive Shoulder$281
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$246
- T7$195
How this compares
$54,339 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 60 | $296 |
| Meloxicam | 133 | $267 |
| Methocarbamol | 19 | $69 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $53 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 13 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lawrenceville
- Tuan BuiLawrenceville$202K
- 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
- William TallyAthens$870K
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.