Total Payments
$1.3M
2024 Payments
$448,513
Companies
22
Transactions
604
Medicare Patients
80
Medicare Billing
$6,431
Payment Breakdown by Category
Royalty/License$931,976 (69.5%)
Consulting$207,891 (15.5%)
Other$149,463 (11.2%)
Travel$38,523 (2.9%)
Food & Beverage$12,527 (0.9%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty or License | $931,976 | 174 | 69.5% |
| Consulting Fee | $207,891 | 90 | 15.5% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $146,463 | 28 | 10.9% |
| Travel and Lodging | $38,523 | 150 | 2.9% |
| Food and Beverage | $12,527 | 156 | 0.9% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program | $2,000 | 4 | 0.1% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | $500.00 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Charitable Contribution | $500.00 | 1 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $880,338 | 235 | $0 (2024) |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $126,825 | 191 | $0 (2024) |
| Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc. | $113,888 | 27 | $0 (2020) |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $78,640 | 18 | $0 (2024) |
| NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | $64,542 | 57 | $0 (2023) |
| Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited | $51,752 | 18 | $0 (2024) |
| Bioventus LLC | $8,391 | 7 | $0 (2021) |
| Radius Health, Inc. | $5,110 | 8 | $0 (2019) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $5,050 | 7 | $0 (2024) |
| Synthes GmbH | $2,500 | 5 | $0 (2021) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $448,513 | 63 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($406,619) |
| 2023 | $149,992 | 76 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($107,289) |
| 2022 | $99,626 | 79 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($29,901) |
| 2021 | $60,740 | 52 | Arthrex, Inc. ($25,057) |
| 2020 | $53,355 | 38 | Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc. ($37,705) |
| 2019 | $83,736 | 91 | Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc. ($29,939) |
| 2018 | $203,430 | 113 | Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($122,557) |
| 2017 | $240,988 | 92 | Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($172,734) |
All Payment Transactions
604 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 25
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/23/2024 | Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,300.00 | General |
| 12/23/2024 | Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,100.00 | General |
| 12/04/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | TAYLOR SPATIAL FRAME (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $46,237.90 | General |
| Category: Extremities & Limb Restoration | ||||||
| 11/25/2024 | Arthrex, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $127.11 | General |
| 11/18/2024 | Acera Surgical, Inc. | Restrata Wound Matrix (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $51.89 | General |
| Category: Wound Care | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Arthrex, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,166.99 | General |
| 11/14/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $500.00 | General |
| 11/08/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | EVOS (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $63,826.85 | General |
| Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails | ||||||
| 10/31/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | EVOS (Device), Evos Mini, EVOS | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,000.00 | General |
| Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails | ||||||
| 10/31/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | TSF (Device), ILIZAROV, TAYLOR SPATIAL FRAME | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,000.00 | General |
| Category: Extremity, Lower MF/HF Restoration | ||||||
| 10/24/2024 | Sanara MedTech Inc. | CellerateRx (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $45.53 | General |
| Category: Collagen based wound filler | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | Evos Mini (Device), EVOS, TRIGEN | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $54.33 | General |
| Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails | ||||||
| 10/22/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | Evos Mini (Device), EVOS, TRIGEN | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $38.53 | General |
| Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails | ||||||
| 09/16/2024 | Stryker Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.73 | General |
| 08/19/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | UNIUM (Device), NA, MOTOBAND | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.65 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics | ||||||
| 08/17/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | TAYLOR SPATIAL FRAME (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $54,301.13 | General |
| Category: Extremities & Limb Restoration | ||||||
| 08/15/2024 | Arthrex, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,499.46 | General |
| 08/13/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | EVOS (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $58,530.20 | General |
| Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails | ||||||
| 08/13/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Affixus (Device), NCB, ZNN | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.70 | General |
| Category: Trauma | ||||||
| 08/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Natural Nail (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $135.13 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 08/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Natural Nail (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $70.18 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 08/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Natural Nail (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $53.45 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 08/01/2024 | Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,200.00 | General |
| 07/25/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $750.00 | General |
| 07/24/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,615.62 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 21 | 31 | $4,636 | $1,342 |
| 2022 | 1 | 18 | 27 | $3,348 | $1,404 |
| 2021 | 3 | 41 | 50 | $7,896 | $3,685 |
Total Patients
80
Total Services
108
Medicare Billing
$6,431
Procedure Codes
5
All Medicare Procedures & Services
5 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 21 | 31 | $4,636 | $1,342 | 29.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 18 | 27 | $3,348 | $1,404 | 41.9% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 14 | 19 | $2,935 | $1,530 | 52.1% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $2,665 | $1,240 | 46.5% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 19 | $2,296 | $915.46 | 39.9% |
About Dr. John Watson, MD
Dr. John Watson, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Saint Louis, Missouri. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/19/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1043239254.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. John Watson, MD has received a total of $1.3M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $448,513 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 604 transactions from 22 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($931,976).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Watson has provided services to 80 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 108 services with total Medicare billing of $6,431. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 5 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location Saint Louis, MO
- Active Since 07/19/2006
- Last Updated 03/02/2021
- Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1043239254
Products in Payments
- TAYLOR SPATIAL FRAME (Device) $305,906
- Jet-X (Device) $220,096
- EVOS (Device) $215,047
- Versanail (Device) $71,648
- AOS PRODUCTS (Device) $39,992
- Taylor Spatial Frame (Device) $34,274
- LATERAL DISTAL FIBULA PLATE, RIGHT, SHORT, 12-HOLE (Device) $30,110
- FIBONACCI ANKLE PLATING SYSTEM (Device) $29,939
- Ilizarov System (Device) $28,025
- PRECICE (Device) $21,798
- ANKLE PLATE SYSTEM (Device) $20,647
- ILIZAROV (Device) $17,520
- UNYTE (Device) $16,876
- TRIGEN (Device) $15,856
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System (Device) $15,479
- Affixus (Device) $12,752
- Trochanteric Nail (Device) $11,573
- 3032-017 (Device) $8,840
- 3043-005 (Device) $5,982
- Exogen (Device) $5,941
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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