Mark Dalton
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Austin, TXNPI 1457324816
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $1,524,772 of the $1,922,834 with a category attached, or 79.3%. Paragon 28, Inc. accounts for 97.3% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $491,369 and has fallen 84.7% since, to $74,988 in 2025. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 615 payments — averaging $3126.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paragon 28, Inc.$1.9M
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$50K
- Stryker$974
- Smith+Nephew$145
- Medinc Of Texas$120
- Medline Industries LP$117
- plus $99 from 2 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $313,496 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$2.2M
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$223,56212%
- Consulting fees$1,524,77279%
- Travel & lodging$147,6678%
- Food & beverage$26,7141%
- Gifts$1190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 539 | $1,871,414 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 61 | $49,965 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 9 | $974 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $145 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $120 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $117 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $45 |
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.
- Product Portfolio$853,184
- Portfolio$577,855
- Unifi Technology$42,860
- APEX 3D$31,262
- APEX TAR$8,797
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$6,120
- MONKEY RINGS$3,653
- APEX$2,300
- TAR$1,833
- APEX3D$806
- APEX 3D TAR$716
- Additive Orthopedics$702
- Maven$671
- TAR PSI$354
- ORTHOLOC$233
- FASTRAC$197
- Foot and Ankle$164
- INFINITY$158
- PROstep$158
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$158
How this compares
$1,922,834 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 684 foot and ankle surgery providers in Texas.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Austin
- Andrew EbertAustin$82K
- Pedro CosculluelaAustin$69K
- William McGarveyKaty$3.5M
- Eugene CurryDallas$3.1M
- Graham HamiltonEdinburg$2.1M
- Kevin VarnerHouston$1.1M
- Paul KimDallas$928K
- Sherman NaglerHouston$602K
- John EarlyDallas$553K
- Michael DowneySouthlake$475K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.