Charles Pfaff, PA
Surgical · Morehead City, NCNPI 1033217583
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $929 of the $1,303 with a category attached, or 71.3%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC at 54.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,179, more than ten times the $24 reported in 2021.
Across 17 payments — averaging $76.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$704
- Arthrex$475
- Si-bone, Inc.$36
- Bioventus LLC$26
- Avanos Medical$22
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$16
- plus $24 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$92971%
- Food & beverage$37429%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 4 | $704 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $475 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,303 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 248 surgical 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 | 129 | $492 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $296 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $155 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Morehead City
- Alec FieldsMorehead City$2K
- Kevan HaasChapel Hill$44K
- Lawrence LandriganWilmington$12K
- Erika LynchLeland$10K
- Sheila AndersonWilmington$10K
- Christopher CraigWinston Salem$9K
- Megan McNamaraWilmington$9K
- Anna LandenDurham$7K
- Jeffrey ProbstWilmington$5K
- James WatsonSalisbury$5K
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.