Oscar Noel, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Thornton, CONPI 1407295470
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (44.7%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 53.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $31,554 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $133 in 2025.
Across 117 payments — averaging $382.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$24K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$11K
- Encore Medical, LP$3K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$2K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Stryker$857
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5003%
- Grants$20,00045%
- Travel & lodging$13,27630%
- Food & beverage$3,7948%
- Education$6,03213%
- Gifts$940%
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 | 17 | $23,865 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 27 | $11,170 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 15 | $3,235 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 4 | $1,981 |
| Smith+Nephew | 13 | $1,950 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 5 | $857 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $747 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $122 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $60 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $59 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $58 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $43 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $41 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $36 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $35 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $32 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$44,696 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $179 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $165 |
| Mupirocin | 11 | $68 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $45 |
| Amoxicillin | 29 | $42 |
| Meloxicam | 23 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Thornton
- Jacob RumleyThornton$179K
- 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.