Nathan Melton, DO
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Dayton, OHNPI 1083734438
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.1%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 35.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,871 and has fallen 67.4% since, to $2,241 in 2025.
Across 294 payments — averaging $80.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$8K
- CDC Medical LLC$8K
- Stryker$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$860
- Smith+Nephew$826
- Johnson & Johnson$564
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,62828%
- Food & beverage$9,74341%
- Education$7,35931%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 72 | $8,365 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 21 | $8,076 |
| Stryker | 61 | $3,102 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 12 | $860 |
| Smith+Nephew | 22 | $826 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 38 | $564 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 5 | $247 |
| Amgen | 41 | $246 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $224 |
| Medline Industries LP | 2 | $223 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $164 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $129 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $90 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $36 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $29 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- HOFFMANN$577
- INTEGRA$377
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$275
- Arcos$196
- Avenir$196
- G7$196
- PANGEA$167
- CellerateRx$161
- INBONE$150
- INFINITY$150
- DynaNail$150
- NONE$140
- T2 ALPHA$130
- MagnetOs$129
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$126
- PRIMATRIX$126
- Zynrelef$124
- VA-LCP$121
- Identity Imprint CR$119
- Identity Imprint PS$119
How this compares
$23,730 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 429 foot and ankle surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 46 | $548 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 37 | $364 |
| Methylprednisolone | 61 | $283 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 20 | $231 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $230 |
| Cephalexin | 31 | $225 |
| Meloxicam | 114 | $202 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $149 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 28 | $72 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 25 | $58 |
| Penicillin V Potassium | 26 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Dayton
- Christopher HyerWorthington$4.7M
- Thomas LeePickerington$4M
- Jordan GrossmanAkron$2.5M
- Robert GorslineHilliard$1.4M
- Jonathan FeibelGahanna$1.4M
- Mark PrisselWorthington$1.2M
- Lee HladGahanna$440K
- Windy ColeKent$431K
- Elizabeth HewittGrove City$414K
- Dominic RizzoBlue Ash$303K
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.