Paul Morton, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Honolulu, HINPI 1669736989
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.5%), other and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 35.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $43,008, 7.2 times the $5,944 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in HI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 302 payments — averaging $273.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$29K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$29K
- Smith+Nephew$8K
- Globus Medical$5K
- Sonex Health, Inc.$2K
- Vericel Corporation$2K
- plus $7K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$44,99154%
- Food & beverage$12,79215%
- Education$2840%
- Other$24,55030%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 121 | $29,293 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 21 | $28,857 |
| Smith+Nephew | 26 | $8,388 |
| Globus Medical | 23 | $5,403 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 11 | $2,041 |
| Vericel Corporation | 6 | $2,032 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,252 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $928 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $630 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 7 | $551 |
| Next Science LLC | 3 | $366 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 13 | $335 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 3 | $333 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $235 |
| Episurf Medical, Inc. | 1 | $191 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $176 |
| Endeavor Orthopaedics LLC | 1 | $169 |
| Axogen | 1 | $144 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $140 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $133 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Amgen | 5 | $109 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $71 |
| Vertex | 2 | $58 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $46 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
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.
- Persona$5,804
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$5,699
- TL-HEX TRUELOK HEXAPOD SYSTEM$3,947
- ROSA-Knee$3,602
- ROSA$2,976
- Autobahn$2,681
- Arcos$2,108
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$2,045
- MACI$2,013
- Navio Surgical System$1,898
- CAP-FIX$1,850
- Healicoil$1,850
- NOVOSTITCH$1,850
- Q-FIX$1,850
- Sx-One Microknife$1,699
- Oxford-Knees$1,146
- Tsolution One Surgical System$917
- MAKO$855
- Comprehensive Primary Stem$838
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$297
How this compares
$82,617 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 83 orthopaedic surgery providers in Hawaii.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 176 | $8,901 |
| Pregabalin | 37 | $422 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 82 | $380 |
| Meloxicam | 43 | $304 |
| Tranexamic Acid | 11 | $288 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 53 | $243 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $101 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Honolulu
- Cass NakasoneHonolulu$957K
- Darin AwayaHonolulu$445K
- Christian KikuchiHonolulu$142K
- Gary OkamuraHonolulu$69K
- Andrew RichardsonHonolulu$55K
- Kyle MitsunagaHonolulu$52K
- Kanu OkikeHonolulu$47K
- Brian ManninoHonolulu$43K
- Morris MitsunagaHonolulu$32K
- Anthony BarciaHonolulu$27K
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.