Patrick Johnston, DO
Hand Surgery · Steamboat Springs, CONPI 1073748653
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.1%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 27.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,246 and has fallen 78.7% since, to $478 in 2025.
Across 52 payments — averaging $90.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$1K
- Axogen$1K
- Acumed LLC$1K
- Stryker$301
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$246
- Illuminoss Medical, Inc.$115
- plus $340 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,05722%
- Food & beverage$2,45252%
- Education$1,20025%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 3 | $1,313 |
| Axogen | 7 | $1,225 |
| Acumed LLC | 11 | $1,169 |
| Stryker | 4 | $301 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 14 | $246 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $66 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $22 |
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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$899
- Anatomic Radial Head System$781
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$647
- Hand Fracture System$647
- Total Wrist Fusion Plating System$647
- Elbow Plating System$647
- Acu-Loc Wrist Spanning System$133
- Acutrak Headless Compression Screw System$133
- TRAUMA$122
- VITOSS$116
- VARIAX$116
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System$115
- Segway blade or mieye camera$107
How this compares
$4,710 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 72 hand 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 hand surgery in Steamboat Springs
- Fraser LeversedgeAurora$326K
- In YiLonetree$232K
- Steven TopperColorado Springs$158K
- Carlton ClinkscalesEnglewood$131K
- Ryan EndressLone Tree$80K
- Louis CatalanoAurora$61K
- William RungeColorado Springs$50K
- Rudy KovachevichEnglewood$40K
- Kulvinder SacharEnglewood$30K
- Christine JohnsonLongmont$24K
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.