Branden Earp, MD
Hand Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1285690479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $45,581 of the $73,544 with a category attached, or 62.0%. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 55.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $31,953, 4.1 times the $7,720 reported in 2021. Among hand surgery clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 48 payments — averaging $1532.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$41K
- Tyber Medical, LLC$25K
- Synthes USA Products LLC$7K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$45,58162%
- Travel & lodging$3,2264%
- Food & beverage$1,1672%
- Education$23,57032%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 36 | $40,537 |
| Tyber Medical, LLC | 4 | $24,683 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 5 | $7,090 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 3 | $1,234 |
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.
- Tyber Medical Anatomical Plating System$24,637
- ALPS Plating System$24,637
- DVR Anatomic Kickstand$14,518
- LCP$7,021
- A.L.P.S.$4,235
- Natural Nail$3,850
How this compares
$73,544 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 68 hand surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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.
Other hand surgery in Boston
- George DyerBoston$362K
- Chaitanya MudgalBoston$46K
- Charles CassidyBoston$44K
- Philip BlazarBoston$21K
- Monica ShojiBoston$13K
- Benjamin GundlachBoston$11K
- Nicholas GolinvauxBoston$9K
- Giscard AdeclatBoston$7K
- Manish MehtaBoston$6K
- Kevin ZuoBoston$6K
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.