CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024
Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.
Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. reported $245,516.36 in payments to 360 physicians and teaching hospitals across 360 transactions.
- $245.5K
- Total payments
- 360
- Transactions
- 360
- Recipients
- −$26.9K
- General Payments vs PY2023
Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. reported $245,516.36 in payments to 360 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #945 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $681.99 per recipient across 4 payment categories. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.
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The verdict
Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. pairs above-median payment volume with a moderately concentrated payment pattern.
- #945
- of 1,925 companies
- 0.0%
- of all US industry payments
- 0.3%
- paid to its single top recipient
- 4
- payment categories
Release-over-release change
General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024
Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.'s CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $26.9K (−9.9%) from PY2023 to PY2024. The comparison uses the same CMS manufacturer-by-payment-category summary for both years and excludes research and ownership or investment records.
CMS source labels for this exact identifier: PY2022: TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.PY2023: TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.PY2024: Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.. Matching identifiers support a bounded record comparison; a label difference would be reported as unresolved rather than treated as a corporate event.
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General Payments: PY2023 vs PY2024
Annual CMS-reported totals for this company, not an all-category Open Payments total
- PY2023
- $272,411.07
- PY2024
- $245,516.36
How Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. ranks nationally
Where this company's total reported payments fall within the full national distribution of all 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments, not just its nearest peers.
Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.'s total vs. every reporting company
CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024
$245,516 Top 49% higher than 51% of 1,925 reporting companies
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Source CMS Open Payments · 2024
What the Data Shows for Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.
Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. ranks #945 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for Program Year 2024, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year. The underlying total is $245,516.36 across 360 transactions to 360 physicians and teaching hospitals - $681.99 per transaction and $681.99 per recipient on average.
50 transactions worth $176.7K make "Royalty or License" the top general-payment category in the 4-category breakdown below, 72.0% of the reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).
General Payment Breakdown by Type
"Royalty or License" leads Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.'s 4-category general-payment breakdown at $176.7K, 72.0% of the reported total.
How Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. divides its payments
General-payment categories, ordered by reported total
| Payment Type | Amount | Transactions | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty or License | $176.7K | 50 | 72.0% |
| Consulting Fee | $50.8K | 47 | 20.7% |
| Food and Beverage | $12.4K | 254 | 5.0% |
| Travel and Lodging | $5.6K | 9 | 2.3% |
Recipient Concentration in General Payments
The five largest recipient relationships account for $182,376.25 (74.3%) of $245,516.36 in this company's General Payments records across 94 recipients. This is a CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 General Payments view only: it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it is not the all-category company total above.
Largest General-Payment relationships for Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.
The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company
- 1
Christopher Earl Pelt
$66,825.00 across 23 reported transactions
- 2
Jason Michael Hurst
$40,091.39 across 6 reported transactions
- 3
Michael James Morris
$39,954.26 across 5 reported transactions
- 4
Michael P Bolognesi
$25,651.28 across 6 reported transactions
- 5
Rodney L Plaster
$9,854.32 across 6 reported transactions
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Payment Size Analysis
Average transaction size: $681.99. Average per recipient: $681.99.
Total Amount
$245,516.36
Avg per Transaction
$681.99
Avg per Recipient
$681.99
Payment Transparency Context
What is the Sunshine Act?
The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments can include consulting fees, research grants, speaker fees, food and beverages, travel, royalties, and other forms of compensation.
Industry Total (2024)
$13.9B
across 1,925 companies
Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. Share
0.0%
#945 by total payments
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Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Total industry payments: $13.9B across 1,925 companies.
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