Physician profile

Christopher L Hamill

Orthopaedic Surgery · Buffalo, NY

NPI 1164495446

$1,218,586.35

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

19 companies · $429K in 2025

The $429K 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.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Royalty Or License$878,868.64
Consulting Fee$91,590.44
Travel and Lodging$17,175.61
Food and Beverage$3,402.98

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.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Alphatec Spine, INC $1,215,794.48 2019-2025 Identiti, Other - Miscellaneous, Osseoscrew
Smaio Sa $1,142.74 2022
Globus Medical, INC. $575.22 2019
Relievant Medsystems, INC. $196.79 2021
Stryker Corporation $161.82 2019-2021
Cerapedics INC. $142.20 2024 I-Factor Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft
Abyrx, INC $126.72 2019
Medtronic USA, INC. $116.54 2019
Avanos Medical $60.25 2020-2021
Axogen $48.95 2023 Avance Nerve Graft
Smith+Nephew, INC. $37.94 2019
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $32.31 2019-2022
Spineology INC. $32.18 2021
Ebi, LLC $30.74 2025 Biomet Spinalpak Non-Invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System
Abbott Laboratories $22.38 2025 Axium
Show all 19 companies
CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Sanara Medtech INC. $21.15 2025 Celleraterx
7d Surgical INC. $17.53 2020
Orthofix Medical, INC. $13.49 2020
Pacira Therapeutics, INC. $12.92 2019

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Christopher L Hamill

$1,218,586.35

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Alphatec Spine, INC
Context
The $429K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Orthopaedic Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $569).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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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.