Dr. Timothy Stapleton, MD

NPI: 1609836402
Total Payments
$6,125
2024 Payments
$167.39
Companies
15
Transactions
47
Medicare Patients
3,787
Medicare Billing
$438,821

Payment Breakdown by Category

Travel$2,608 (42.6%)
Education$2,354 (38.4%)
Food & Beverage$1,163 (19.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Travel and Lodging $2,608 11 42.6%
Education $2,354 2 38.4%
Food and Beverage $1,163 34 19.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Elite Orthopedics, LLC $2,191 1 $0 (2017)
Conformis, Inc. $1,872 10 $0 (2019)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,570 10 $0 (2024)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $203.29 13 $0 (2022)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $42.91 1 $0 (2020)
Innovation Technologies Inc $36.61 1 $0 (2022)
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $35.25 1 $0 (2017)
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. $29.56 2 $0 (2020)
Radius Health, Inc. $27.64 1 $0 (2021)
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $26.33 1 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $167.39 2 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($142.43)
2023 $26.33 1 Heron Therapeutics, Inc. ($26.33)
2022 $62.37 3 Innovation Technologies Inc ($36.61)
2021 $1,507 14 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($1,428)
2020 $123.04 6 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($43.16)
2019 $1,904 12 Conformis, Inc. ($1,872)
2018 $38.85 3 Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($26.98)
2017 $2,296 6 Elite Orthopedics, LLC ($2,191)

All Payment Transactions

47 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
03/21/2024 ILLUMINOSS MEDICAL, INC. Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.96 General
Category: Orthopedic
01/09/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $142.43 General
09/21/2023 Heron Therapeutics, Inc. ZYNRELEF (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.33 General
Category: POST SURGICAL PAIN RELIEF
12/07/2022 Smith+Nephew, Inc. PICO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.01 General
Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
10/07/2022 Smith+Nephew, Inc. JOURNEY II (Device), JOURNEY II Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.75 General
Category: Recon Knees
04/06/2022 Innovation Technologies Inc IRRISEPT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $36.61 General
Category: JET LAVAGE DEVICE WITH CHG
10/19/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Models (Device) Education In-kind items and services $163.27 General
Category: CMF & Thoracic
10/15/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Primary Stem (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $40.52 General
Category: Extremities
10/15/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Primary Stem (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.46 General
Category: Extremities
10/15/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Primary Stem (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $14.36 General
Category: Extremities
10/15/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Primary Stem (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $9.78 General
Category: Extremities
10/14/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Primary Stem (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $870.20 General
Category: Extremities
10/14/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Primary Stem (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $170.79 General
Category: Extremities
10/14/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Primary Stem (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $34.00 General
Category: Extremities
10/12/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Primary Stem (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $101.29 General
Category: Extremities
09/02/2021 Smith+Nephew, Inc. PICO 14 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.51 General
Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
05/20/2021 Radius Health, Inc. Tymlos (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.64 General
Category: Endocrinology
03/25/2021 Orthofix Medical, Inc. Physio-Stim (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.90 General
Category: Stimulator, Bone Growth, Non-Invasive
02/22/2021 Smith+Nephew, Inc. PICO 14 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.88 General
Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
01/25/2021 Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. Zilretta (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.41 General
Category: Musculoskeletal
12/17/2020 Smith+Nephew, Inc. PICO7 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.48 General
Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
09/17/2020 Stryker Corporation REUNION (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $21.36 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMETIES
08/20/2020 Smith+Nephew, Inc. EVOS SMALL (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.81 General
Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails
07/08/2020 Smith+Nephew, Inc. PICO7 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.87 General
Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
06/23/2020 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ATTUNE (Device), ACTIS Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $42.91 General
Category: Ortho-Knee

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 16 1,048 1,382 $874,061 $119,420
2022 19 1,002 1,440 $817,302 $119,724
2021 16 832 1,150 $608,132 $90,042
2020 21 905 1,052 $913,562 $109,634
Total Patients
3,787
Total Services
5,024
Medicare Billing
$438,821
Procedure Codes
76

All Medicare Procedures & Services

76 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2023 35 37 $255,899 $34,769 13.6%
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2023 19 19 $131,471 $20,869 15.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 160 207 $47,039 $12,889 27.4%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 144 195 $54,475 $9,163 16.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 98 101 $31,573 $8,704 27.6%
73221 Mri scan of arm joint without contrast Office 2023 56 58 $120,646 $7,288 6.0%
23120 Partial removal of collar bone Facility 2023 18 18 $49,300 $4,673 9.5%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 110 159 $23,951 $3,614 15.1%
73721 Mri scan of leg joint without contrast Office 2023 31 32 $63,820 $3,570 5.6%
73560 X-ray of knee, 1-2 views Office 2023 86 153 $19,277 $3,399 17.6%
73200 Ct scan of arm without contrast Office 2023 32 33 $39,067 $3,039 7.8%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 30 30 $9,255 $2,141 23.1%
J1040 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg Office 2023 145 237 $7,213 $2,005 27.8%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2023 48 62 $8,441 $1,578 18.7%
95886 Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, complete study Office 2023 13 15 $6,936 $1,065 15.4%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 11 13 $2,161 $405.48 18.8%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Facility 2023 12 13 $3,537 $248.81 7.0%
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2022 35 36 $233,820 $34,542 14.8%
23412 Repair of chronic torn shoulder rotator cuff Facility 2022 20 20 $90,280 $11,801 13.1%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 105 123 $36,531 $11,149 30.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 136 163 $35,045 $10,599 30.2%
23615 Treatment of broken top of upper arm bone Facility 2022 13 13 $52,502 $8,827 16.8%
73221 Mri scan of arm joint without contrast Office 2022 50 53 $104,801 $6,792 6.5%
23120 Partial removal of collar bone Facility 2022 27 27 $67,206 $6,521 9.7%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 112 133 $36,784 $6,449 17.5%

About Dr. Timothy Stapleton, MD

Dr. Timothy Stapleton, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Macon, Georgia. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/24/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1609836402.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Timothy Stapleton, MD has received a total of $6,125 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $167.39 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 47 transactions from 15 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($2,608).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Stapleton has provided services to 3,787 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 5,024 services with total Medicare billing of $438,821. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 76 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Sports Medicine
  • Location Macon, GA
  • Active Since 03/24/2006
  • Last Updated 10/22/2025
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1609836402

Products in Payments

  • iTotal CR (Device) $1,478
  • Comprehensive Primary Stem (Device) $1,264
  • iTotal CR, iTotal PS, iUni, Hip System (Device) $393.97
  • Models (Device) $163.27
  • META TAN (Device) $55.35
  • Zilretta (Drug) $44.97
  • ATTUNE (Device) $42.91
  • IRRISEPT (Device) $36.61
  • EXPAREL (Drug) $35.25
  • PICO 14 (Device) $31.39
  • PICO7 (Device) $31.35
  • Tymlos (Biological) $27.64
  • ZYNRELEF (Drug) $26.33
  • Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack (Device) $24.96
  • REUNION (Device) $21.36
  • EVOS (Device) $18.50
  • SPEEDLOCK HIP (Device) $17.32
  • JOURNEY II (Device) $13.75
  • NO_PRODUCT (Drug) $12.50
  • PICO (Device) $12.01

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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