Andrew Bridgforth, MD
Hand Surgery · Greenville, NCNPI 1578829073
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (42.6%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 62.1% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,147 and has fallen 61.3% since, to $1,990 in 2025.
Across 52 payments — averaging $177.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$997
- Johnson & Johnson$378
- Trimed, Inc.$111
- Ossur Americas, Inc.$58
- plus $284 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,92843%
- Food & beverage$1,68218%
- Education$3,60039%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 25 | $5,719 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $1,663 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 5 | $997 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $378 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $55 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $53 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $46 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $28 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| Vertex | 1 | $21 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
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
$9,209 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 172 | $860 |
| Gabapentin | 70 | $303 |
| Meloxicam | 76 | $233 |
| Cephalexin | 27 | $164 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 23 | $120 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 44 | $111 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $87 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $43 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Greenville
- Kevin TaylorGreenville$4K
- 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.