William Judson
Orthopaedic Surgery · Hermitage, TNNPI 1578023081
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 119 payments — averaging $145.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$10K
- Stryker$4K
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$1K
- Polynovo North America LLC$476
- Zimmer Biomet$344
- Johnson & Johnson$254
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00058%
- Food & beverage$6,15435%
- Education$1,2007%
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 | 1 | $10,000 |
| Stryker | 81 | $3,965 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 3 | $1,273 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 5 | $476 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $344 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $254 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $222 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $192 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $136 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $136 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $84 |
| Vertex | 2 | $48 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Music City Medical Technologies, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Novosorb BTM$388
- TRIATHLON$300
- T2$269
- REUNION$172
- INSIGNIA$170
- T2 ALPHA$165
- AXSOS$165
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$160
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$160
- LATITUDE EV$160
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$160
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$160
- mymobility Platform$150
- Ankle Fracture$148
- VARIAX$148
- RESTORATION$140
- Persona$140
- GAMMA$132
- PANGEA$130
- NA$125
How this compares
$17,354 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 381 orthopaedic surgery providers in Tennessee.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Hermitage
- Paul BradyKnoxville$20.1M
- Jesse DotyChattanooga$2.5M
- Edwin SpencerKnoxville$2.5M
- Thomas ThrockmortonGermantown$1.9M
- Tyler BrolinCollierville$1M
- Jefferson MorrisonNashville$910K
- Matthew WillisNashville$850K
- Alton HunterColumbia$820K
- David DeboerNashville$746K
- Michael BeebeMemphis$679K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.