Nathan Faulkner, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Aurora, CONPI 1952566879
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (26.3%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Restor3d, Inc. at 27.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,282, 3.3 times the $2,516 reported in 2019.
Across 123 payments — averaging $191.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Restor3d, Inc.$7K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$4K
- Arthrex$3K
- Stryker$3K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$2K
- plus $2K from 19 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $3949.92 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Restor3d, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,20026%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,1859%
- Travel & lodging$4,31118%
- Food & beverage$5,36923%
- Education$5,51523%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Restor3d, Inc. | 7 | $6,501 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 8 | $3,957 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $3,115 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 36 | $2,831 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $2,531 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $2,262 |
| Moximed, Inc | 7 | $1,129 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $246 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $240 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $106 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $96 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 5 | $89 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $50 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $48 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Joint Active Systems, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $11 |
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.
- TITAN-SHOULDER$4,435
- FREEDOM WRIST$2,250
- REVERSE SHOULDER$2,250
- External Fixation System$2,250
- TSS$2,185
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$1,405
- MISHA KNEE SYSTEM, SMALL, LEFT$934
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$166
- PANGEA$162
- NA$151
- DJO SURGICAL$150
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$129
- SALVATION$123
- FLEXIBLE GUIDE PIN (STRYKER ACL VERSITOMIC)$123
- KNOTILUS ANCHOR, 3.5MM$123
- ALPHAVENT$123
- ICONIX$123
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$122
- VARIAX$112
How this compares
$23,580 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 16 | $64 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $45 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Aurora
- Adam SeidlAurora$363K
- 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
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.