Benjamin Graves, MD
Hand Surgery · Winston Salem, NCNPI 1548435977
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.6%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.0%. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,019 and has fallen 68.9% since, to $939 in 2025.
Across 62 payments — averaging $146.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Piedmont Plus Innovation$1K
- Southtech Orthopedics$1K
- Stryker$820
- Axogen$554
- Johnson & Johnson$508
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,72819%
- Food & beverage$4,96455%
- Education$2,40026%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 5 | $1,913 |
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 6 | $1,293 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 1 | $1,200 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 7 | $820 |
| Axogen | 4 | $554 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $508 |
| Medartis Inc. | 4 | $395 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 5 | $350 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $324 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $203 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $177 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $169 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $129 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $77 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $72 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $70 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $66 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$324
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$297
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$241
- XIAFLEX$203
- NA$168
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$159
- ELEOS LIMB SALVAGE SYSTEM$147
- Tools - AFS$132
- Checkpoint Stimulators$129
- Geminus$126
- Align$126
- IJS$126
- Implate$126
- Restrata Wound Matrix$124
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$120
- FIBERGRAFT Aeridyan Matrix$120
- VARIAX$120
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID$119
- AEQUALIS$115
- APTUS$105
How this compares
$9,092 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 14 | $83 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $70 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $36 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 12 | $25 |
| Amoxicillin | 19 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Winston Salem
- Zhongyu LiWinston Salem$29K
- Alexander ChiaramontiWinston Salem$16K
- Derek BernsteinWinston Salem$13K
- Christopher TuohyWinston Salem$5K
- Ethan WieslerWinston Salem$4K
- Christpher KliftoDurham$575K
- Raymond GastonCharlotte$505K
- Ryan GarciaCharlotte$381K
- Richard MooreWilmington$177K
- Erica TaylorRaleigh$97K
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.