Industry payments to physicians · Colorado · 2024

Colorado

In Colorado, drug and device makers reported $52M in general payments to 16,585 covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for 2024 — a mean of $3,149 each — plus $160M tied to research and $30M in ownership interests.

A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing — many are research grants, consulting fees, or royalties a physician earns on a device they invented. Transparency, not a verdict.

$52M

general payments

16,585

covered recipients paid

$3,149

mean per physician

Top specialties in Colorado

General payments by specialty; the figure on the right is the average per physician.

Orthopaedic Surgery $11M $36,263/phys

Sports Medicine $5M $36,222/phys

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine $2M $40,898/phys

Neurology $1M $7,351/phys

Dermatology $1M $6,700/phys

Gastroenterology $1M $6,435/phys

Neurological Surgery $1M $12,073/phys

Surgery $1M $4,212/phys

Podiatrist $1M $24,802/phys

Ophthalmology $1M $6,508/phys

Pulmonary Disease $1M $7,641/phys

Physician Assistant $1M $759/phys

Highest-paid physicians in Colorado

By total general payments, 2024 — largely device royalties to inventor-physicians.

Peter Millett Sports Medicine · Vail · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $3M

Joel Matta Orthopaedic Surgery · Vail · top payer: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $2M

Douglas Dennis Orthopaedic Surgery · Denver · top payer: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $2M

Charlie Yang Orthopaedic Surgery · Denver · top payer: Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $2M

Daniel Hatch Podiatrist · Greeley · top payer: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. $1M

Kris Alden Orthopaedic Surgery · Basalt · top payer: Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1M

Michael Bauer Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine · Castle Rock · top payer: Sequence LifeScience, Inc $752,966

Brian Haas Orthopaedic Surgery · Denver · top payer: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $643,000

Marcjonathan Serota Dermatology · Littleton · top payer: Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $637,420

Sharad Rajpal Neurological Surgery · Boulder · top payer: SI-BONE, Inc. $625,946

Matthew Provencher Sports Medicine · Vail · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $560,151

Timothy Kuklo Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Denver · top payer: Alphatec Spine, Inc $513,623

Michael Wechsler Pulmonary Disease · Denver · top payer: GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $470,323

Christopher Cain Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Aurora · top payer: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $360,014

Mark Packer Ophthalmology · Boulder · top payer: Beaver-Visitec International, Inc. $359,061

Edward Donner Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Johnstown · top payer: SI-TECHNOLOGY, LLC $348,042

Payal Kohli Cardiovascular Disease · Aurora · top payer: Amgen Inc. $342,298

Rachel Frank Sports Medicine · Aurora · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $334,986

Bharat Desai Orthopaedic Surgery · Golden · top payer: SI-BONE, Inc. $330,851

Armodios Hatzidakis Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Denver · top payer: Stryker Corporation $318,287

David Loucks Orthopaedic Surgery · Lone Tree · top payer: Medacta USA, Inc. $317,308

Joshua Metzl Foot and Ankle Surgery · Greenwood Village · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $316,461

Brad Dresher Foot and Ankle Surgery · Colorado Springs · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $304,715

Robert Greenhow Orthopaedic Surgery · Lone Tree · top payer: Medacta USA, Inc. $296,239

David Weinstein Sports Medicine · Colorado Springs · top payer: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $276,164

RECORDED — CMS Open Payments figures for program year 2024. DERIVED — state totals, per-physician means, and rankings are sums over those records.

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What this is — and is not

A disclosure record of industry–physician financial ties in Colorado — not evidence that any payment influenced care, not a measure of a physician's quality, and not advice about your own doctor. To verify a specific physician, search CMS Open Payments directly.