Table 2.

Top 10 manufacturers or GPOs making payments to orthopaedic surgeons

Manufacturer or GPO	Total payments (USD)	Number of individual payments	Median individual payment (USD)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc	33,000,000	10,744	38
Arthrex Inc	14,300,000	2497	375
Smith & Nephew Inc	9,801,744	5942	79
Biomet Inc	6,965,842	4607	81
Stryker Corporation	6,216,288	8658	49
Zimmer Holding Inc	5,538,171	4165	82
MAKO Surgical Corporation	4,367,827	1030	96
Wright Medical Technology Inc	3,523,279	1868	110
NuVasive Inc	3,021,099	2539	31
Medtronic Sofamor Danek Inc	2,167,673	1807	25

GPO = group purchasing organization.