Dr. Christopher Melton , MD
Orthopaedic Surgery β’ Augusta, GA
1120 15th St
Augusta, GA 309120004
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Dr. Christopher Melton is listed in NPPES under Orthopaedic Surgery.
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NPI assigned on June 12, 2020; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 24 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Ondansetron Hcl β 13 prescription fills, including refills.
- Oxycodone Hcl β 11 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See the full table Β· Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Part D prescriptions than 80% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Augusta, GA (2024, 31 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 130. Middle half: 28 to 822.
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 487 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 491. Middle half: 182 to 889.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part D prescriptions went from 30 in 2021 to 24 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2021β2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1120 15th St
Augusta, GA 309120004
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: The Emory Clinic Inc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Texas A & M University System, Hsc, College Of Medicine
2020
What Public CMS Data Show
Orthopaedic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
30-day fills
24 standardized 30-day fills in 2024
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$179 in 2024
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $11,443.44 across 56 records.
By nature of payment
- Grant: $6,250.00 across 1 record.
- Food and Beverage: $3,729.46 across 45 records.
- Travel and Lodging: $1,463.98 across 10 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 11)
- Smith+Nephew, Inc.: $7,141.35 across 12 records.
- Stryker Corporation: $2,320.22 across 17 records.
- DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.: $961.69 across 13 records.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
6 years (graduated 2020)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2020 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2020
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Melton has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Melton as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Augusta and Georgia
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 80% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Augusta, GA (2024, 31 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 130. Middle half: 28 to 822.
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 487 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 491. Middle half: 182 to 889.
Part D drug cost
A lower Part D drug cost than 75% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Augusta, GA (2024, 31 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $1,119. Middle half: $185 to $4,646.
A lower Part D drug cost than 90% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 487 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,700. Middle half: $1,125 to $8,077.
65 active clinicians are listed under Orthopaedic Surgery with a practice address in Augusta, GA (753 in Georgia).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Augusta
0% of these 65 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
44.6% of these 65 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions decreased 20% from 30 in 2021 to 24 in 2024.
- 2021: 30
- 2023: 38
- 2024: 24
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 20% from 30 in 2021 to 24 in 2024.
- 2021: 30
- 2023: 38
- 2024: 24
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost went from $566 in 2021 to $179 in 2024.
- 2021: $566
- 2023: $427
- 2024: $179
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $852.79 in 2021 to $11,443.44 in 2025.
- 2021: $852.79
- 2022: $2,013.80
- 2023: $1,183.08
- 2024: $2,185.41
- 2025: $11,443.44
Sources: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 β December 31, 2025): 56 records totaling $11,443.44.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Grant
Cash or cash equivalent
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β | General | $6,250.00 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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MAKOPLASTY | General | $448.48 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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MAKOPLASTY | General | $448.48 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TRITANIUM | General | $189.50 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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GMK Sphere | General | $176.49 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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MAKO | General | $175.00 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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ALPHAVENT | General | $172.22 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TRIDENT | General | $169.72 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NA | General | $148.07 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TRITANIUM | General | $147.43 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Avitus Bone Harvester | General | $145.98 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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REAL INTELLIGENCE | General | $143.27 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NA | General | $140.33 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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REAL INTELLIGENCE | General | $140.25 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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REAL INTELLIGENCE | General | $133.52 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NA | General | $132.48 |
| SMOKY MOUNTAIN SURGICAL LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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β | General | $126.73 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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MAKO | General | $125.10 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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REAL INTELLIGENCE | General | $124.55 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NA | General | $122.35 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TRITANIUM | General | $119.88 |
| Biocomposites Inc |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Stimulan | General | $119.85 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TRIGEN INTERTAN | General | $110.00 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Multiloc | General | $109.27 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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GMK Sphere | General | $103.48 |
(top 25 shown)
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Ondansetron Hcl | Ondansetron Hcl | 13 | 123 | $103.38 | 13 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | 82 | $75.73 | 11 |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2020-06-12NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
An orthopaedic surgeon is trained in the preservation, investigation and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means. An orthopaedic surgeon is involved with the care of patients whose musculoskeletal problems include congenital deformities, trauma, infections, tumors, metabolic disturbances of the musculoskeletal system, deformities, injuries and degenerative diseases of the spine, hands, feet, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow in children and adults. An orthopaedic surgeon is also concerned with primary and secondary muscular problems and the effects of central or peripheral nervous system lesions of the musculoskeletal system.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
I20250710000466
GA
2961826607
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
The Emory Clinic Inc
1365 Clifton Rd Ne, Atlanta, GA 303221013
Phone: 4047787525
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Surgery
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Radiology - Neuroradiology
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Doctor of Nursing Practice, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated June 12, 2020.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from July 2020 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Orthopaedic Surgery Specialists in Augusta
- Dr. Harrison Houston, MD
- Dr. Ryan Decoons, MD
- Dr. John Franklin, MD
- Justin Lomax
- Dr. John Devine, MD
- Dr. David Doman, MD
Mailing Address
440 Vaughn Rd
Martinez, GA 309078916