Ryan Caufield, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Denver, CONPI 1801044037
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,892 of the $4,890 with a category attached, or 79.6%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 51.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,052 and has fallen 73.7% since, to $539 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $12,336.
Across 94 payments — averaging $52.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$145
- Encore Medical, LP$114
- Johnson & Johnson$106
- Zimmer Biomet$101
- plus $306 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$99820%
- Food & beverage$3,89280%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 51 | $2,521 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 21 | $1,598 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $145 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $114 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $106 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $101 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $36 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $25 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. 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.
- GMK SPHERE$1,139
- AXSOS$555
- MAKO$363
- AMISTEM$328
- GAMMA$164
- NA$147
- VARIAX$144
- TRAUMA$122
- DJO Surgical Empowr Knee System$114
- DJO Surgical Exprt Revision Hip$114
How this compares
$4,890 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 31 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Colorado.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 148 | $432 |
| Celecoxib | 29 | $283 |
| Methocarbamol | 23 | $262 |
| Amoxicillin | 71 | $179 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Denver
- Armodios HatzidakisDenver$1.4M
- Mark TuttleDenver$95K
- Jason JenningsDenver$45K
- Hailee ReistDenver$27K
- Brian LarkinDenver$5K
- James HolmesDenver$328
- Sean GreyFort Collins$761K
- Kirk KindsfaterFort Collins$578K
- Derek JohnsonParker$181K
- Michael DaytonAurora$56K
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.