Brandon Byrd, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Jonesboro, ARNPI 1770743833
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.5%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 36.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,677, 8.1 times the $697 reported in 2019.
Across 188 payments — averaging $89.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$6K
- Stryker$5K
- Arthrex$2K
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$839
- Smith+Nephew$531
- Amgen$528
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,81034%
- Food & beverage$9,88959%
- Education$1,2007%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 27 | $6,173 |
| Stryker | 45 | $4,707 |
| Arthrex | 9 | $2,277 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 10 | $839 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $531 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 32 | $528 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $230 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $214 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 9 | $213 |
| Vertex | 4 | $187 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $114 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $107 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $103 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 6 | $103 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $88 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $86 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $73 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Persona$1,647
- ROSA$1,465
- MAKO$1,461
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$880
- AXSOS$763
- SALVATION$475
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$351
- PANGEA$321
- Navio Surgical System$262
- INSPACE$237
- HOFFMANN$155
- GAMMA$153
- Zynrelef$146
- ICONIX$143
- CROSSFIRE$140
- CROSSFLOW$140
- VARIAX$130
- Avitus Bone Harvester$125
- JOURNAVX$121
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$117
How this compares
$16,899 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 168 orthopaedic surgery providers in Arkansas.
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 | 104 | $1,438 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 83 | $972 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 34 | $821 |
| Ibuprofen | 76 | $750 |
| Mupirocin | 44 | $292 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 44 | $271 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 14 | $194 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $146 |
| Naproxen | 15 | $143 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 43 | $118 |
| Cefadroxil | 18 | $108 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 16 | $104 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $84 |
| Cephalexin | 23 | $70 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $69 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Jonesboro
- Jason BrandtJonesboro$104K
- Aaron WallaceJonesboro$5K
- Benjamin StronachLittle Rock$2.5M
- Charles BarnesLittle Rock$2.1M
- Kenneth MartinLittle Rock$322K
- Wesley CoxFayetteville$309K
- William HefleyNorth Little Rock$306K
- David BumpassLittle Rock$175K
- Lawrence O'MalleyLittle Rock$151K
- Jason SmithLittle Rock$102K
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.