Matthew Wharton
Orthopaedic Surgery · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1700249133
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (56.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 62.2% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,541 and has fallen 56.0% since, to $3,319 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NM 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 113 payments — averaging $196.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$14K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Stryker$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$696
- Amgen$244
- Bone Support Inc.$235
- plus $675 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$3502%
- Travel & lodging$3,92718%
- Food & beverage$5,38424%
- Education$12,50056%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 31 | $13,794 |
| Globus Medical | 22 | $3,620 |
| Stryker | 33 | $2,897 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $696 |
| Amgen | 2 | $244 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $235 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 3 | $178 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $128 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Axogen | 1 | $23 |
| Alliance Medical | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Anthem$1,480
- PRO$1,372
- EVOS$690
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$531
- EVENITY$244
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$235
- CERAMENT G$235
- Proximal Tibia Plate$232
- PHOENIX$188
- Autobahn$174
- PELVIS II$165
- T2$163
- TRIGEN InterTAN$145
- Geminus$134
- Align$134
- IJS$134
- Implate$134
- mymobility Platform$132
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$120
- NA$102
How this compares
$22,161 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 107 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Mexico.
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 surgery in Albuquerque
- Deana MercerAlbuquerque$901K
- David ChafeyAlbuquerque$108K
- Heather MenzerAlbuquerque$61K
- Ernesto Otero LopezAlbuquerque$50K
- Rick GehlertAlbuquerque$46K
- Jeffrey BeckenbaughAlbuquerque$46K
- Jeffrey RaccaAlbuquerque$20K
- Michael ArchibeckAlbuquerque$19K
- Samer KakishAlbuquerque$15K
- Matthew BrownAlbuquerque$11K
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.