Michael Mason, DO
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Brighton, MANPI 1477581437
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (58.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 41.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $315,292 and has fallen 57.9% since, to $132,739 in 2025. Among adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MA 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 306 payments — averaging $4821.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$607K
- Encore Medical, LP$346K
- Signature Orthopaedics USA Corp$343K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$120K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$59K
- Radlink, Inc$172
- plus $170 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$866,26759%
- Consulting fees$593,87340%
- Travel & lodging$13,1221%
- Food & beverage$2,1380%
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 | 219 | $606,687 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 33 | $345,769 |
| Signature Orthopaedics USA Corp | 2 | $343,366 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 24 | $120,068 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 24 | $59,168 |
| Radlink, Inc | 2 | $172 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $62 |
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.
- MAKO$314,200
- DJO Surgical Empowr Knee System$173,770
- DJO SURGICAL$119,688
- PILLAR SA$84,448
- PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS$80,375
- TRIATHLON$76,875
- REUNION$57,270
- TRIDENT$45,250
- ACCOLADE$43,125
- RESTORATION$39,000
- INSIGNIA$35,250
- Solus ALIF$34,439
- GMRS$32,250
- PILLAR SA PEEK Spacer System$22,519
- PILLAR SA PTC Spacer System$22,519
- Physio-Stim$13,101
- LIF$11,800
- Aspida Plaltes & Screw$10,227
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$9,750
- EXETER$8,250
How this compares
$1,475,400 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 24 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 442 | $1,421 |
| Celecoxib | 37 | $541 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 35 | $144 |
| Omeprazole | 74 | $107 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $86 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $75 |
| Amoxicillin | 38 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Brighton
- James BonoBoston$6.3M
- Vivek ShahBoston$1.4M
- Eric SmithBoston$649K
- David MattinglyChestnut Hill$198K
- David FehnelPeabody$149K
- Jay PatelFall River$52K
- Richard IorioBurlington$29K
- Hayden BoxBoston$17K
- Aman SharmaPlymouth$11K
- Peter WhiteBoston$9K
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.