Peter Newton
Orthopaedic Surgery · San Diego, CANPI 1023189883
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $3,817,029 of the $4,229,909 with a category attached, or 90.2%. Stryker accounts for 62.1% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 385 payments — averaging $10,987 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2.6M
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$1.1M
- VB Spine LLC$351K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$113K
- Globus Medical$39K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$21K
- plus $13K from 12 others
Across 69 payments — averaging $40,262 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2.8M
- Medtronic$27K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$3,817,02990%
- Consulting fees$359,3488%
- Speaking & faculty fees$19,9550%
- Travel & lodging$25,3151%
- Food & beverage$8,2620%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 197 | $2,625,874 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 28 | $1,066,836 |
| VB Spine LLC | 10 | $351,012 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 27 | $113,119 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 34 | $39,096 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 23 | $21,213 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 27 | $8,393 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,074 |
| Mirus, LLC | 1 | $1,000 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 11 | $993 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 9 | $460 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 3 | $229 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $180 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 2 | $170 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $72 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, 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.
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$2,277,414
- EXPEDIUM$1,067,884
- YUKON$483,467
- EXPAREL$113,043
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$83,510
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$49,319
- RIB Fixation$35,875
- SERRATO$30,219
- 7D Surgical System$12,834
- ATLAS$12,781
- Vulcan Spinal System$12,000
- AIRO$11,982
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$11,919
- MAKO$11,469
- GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION$10,781
- XIA$10,688
- NILE ALTERNATIVE FIXATION SYSTEM$9,000
- RAVINE LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$6,000
- CD HORIZON$5,734
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$5,675
How this compares
$4,229,909 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,808 orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
Other orthopaedic surgery in San Diego
- Joseph JankiewiczSan Diego$2.6M
- Mark McBrideSan Diego$2.6M
- Bradford HackArcadia$18.3M
- Robert GorabOrange$13.6M
- Kelly VinceLos Angeles$9.6M
- Stephen HowellSacramento$9.4M
- Thomas CoonRed Bluff$9.2M
- Nirav AminPlacentia$5.6M
- Tom NorrisSan Francisco$5.3M
- Jay LiebermanLos Angeles$4.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.