Aaron Roberts
Hand Surgery · New Bern, NCNPI 1801215363
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $4,278 of the $6,181 with a category attached, or 69.2%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by MVP Orthopedics Inc at 41.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,486 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $113 in 2025.
Across 29 payments — averaging $213.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$3K
- Arthrex$2K
- Axogen$1K
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$103
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$71
- Baxter Healthcare$31
- plus $66 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$91515%
- Food & beverage$98816%
- Education$4,27869%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 6 | $2,560 |
| Arthrex | 12 | $2,344 |
| Axogen | 4 | $1,005 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 1 | $103 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $71 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $31 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $11 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$6,181 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 79 hand surgery providers in North Carolina.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 32 | $87 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in New Bern
- Kristin HedgeNew Bern$18K
- Christpher KliftoDurham$575K
- Raymond GastonCharlotte$505K
- Ryan GarciaCharlotte$381K
- Richard MooreWilmington$177K
- Erica TaylorRaleigh$97K
- Tyler PidgeonMorrisville$50K
- John YanikAsheville$32K
- Zhongyu LiWinston Salem$29K
- Patricia WellbornRaleigh$26K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.