Mitchell Copeland, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Grand Junction, CONPI 1427097005
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $960 of the $1,508 with a category attached, or 63.7%. Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC accounts for 81.3% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $873 and has fallen 95.2% since, to $42 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $5,294.
Across 21 payments — averaging $71.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$1K
- Smith+Nephew$63
- Johnson & Johnson$61
- FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc$59
- Arthrex$57
- Stryker$15
- plus $26 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$96064%
- Education$54836%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 14 | $1,226 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $63 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $61 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $59 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $57 |
| Stryker | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,508 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 383 orthopaedic surgery providers in Colorado.
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 Grand Junction
- Joel MattaVail$21M
- Douglas DennisDenver$16.8M
- Brian HaasDenver$5.1M
- Theodore SchlegelGreenwood Village$5M
- Charlie YangDenver$3.6M
- Robert GreenhowLone Tree$2.8M
- David LoucksLone Tree$2.7M
- Robert BessGreenwood Village$1.8M
- Bharat DesaiGolden$1.4M
- Kris AldenBasalt$1.3M
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.