Physician profile
Gary Harter
NPI 1609845312
$3,616,187.74
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
9 companies · $408K in 2025
The $408K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Orthopaedic Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $569).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $705K · 2020: $480K · 2021: $505K · 2022: $543K · 2023: $524K · 2024: $451K · 2025: $408K.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Royalty Or License: $1.3M · Consulting Fee: $106K · Travel and Lodging: $3,883 · Food and Beverage: $1,375 · Education: $482.
View as a table
| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Royalty Or License | $1,271,281.28 |
| Consulting Fee | $105,625.00 |
| Travel and Lodging | $3,882.97 |
| Food and Beverage | $1,374.99 |
| Education | $481.97 |
Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.
Who reported paying
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encore Medical, Lp | $3,492,605.32 | 2019-2025 | Djo Surgical |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. | $99,643.31 | 2019-2025 | Oxford Partial Knee, Persona, Oxford |
| Nextstep Arthropedix, LLC | $12,728.09 | 2019-2020 | |
| Trice Medical, INC. | $9,990.54 | 2019-2023 | |
| Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | $616.96 | 2020-2021 | |
| Depuy Synthes Sales INC. | $211.89 | 2020-2022 | |
| Stryker Corporation | $184.51 | 2021-2023 | Triathlon |
| Djo, LLC | $148.12 | 2019 | |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | $59.00 | 2019 |
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
Research and ownership
$11,232.06 in ownership or investment interests, as reported to CMS. These are holdings a clinician or an immediate family member has in a company, not payments received.
If you want to bring it up
Most clinicians are glad to talk about this. A respectful way in:
- "I saw Gary Harter listed in the CMS Open Payments database. Can you tell me about your work with those companies?"
- "Is there a generic or alternative to this medication, and would it work as well for me?"
- "What made you choose this particular treatment for my situation?"
These are normal questions. A good clinician will welcome them.
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.