Christian Pean
Orthopaedic Trauma · Durham, NCNPI 1528416773
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 62.3% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $64,938, more than ten times the $939 reported in 2021.
Across 368 payments — averaging $451.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$104K
- Arthrex$29K
- Smith+Nephew$21K
- Stryker$5K
- Encore Medical, LP$2K
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$2K
- plus $4K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$87,10052%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,89722%
- Grants$2500%
- Travel & lodging$14,6559%
- Food & beverage$13,6928%
- Education$14,5709%
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 | 198 | $103,557 |
| Arthrex | 52 | $28,963 |
| Smith+Nephew | 34 | $21,404 |
| Stryker | 36 | $4,892 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 8 | $1,879 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 12 | $1,627 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $1,163 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $876 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 8 | $621 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $551 |
| Amgen | 4 | $416 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $101 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
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.
- EVOS$37,136
- NCB$19,875
- TRIGEN InterTAN$13,777
- DVR Anatomic Kickstand$4,743
- DJO SURGICAL$2,428
- Affixus$2,184
- PRO$2,046
- EVOS MINI$1,625
- TRIGEN$1,625
- PALACOS$1,163
- T2$731
- VARIAX$634
- VA-LCP$387
- NA$383
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$302
- GAMMA$291
- AUTOFIX$156
- HOFFMANN$149
- MAKO$147
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$141
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in North Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 48 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Durham
- Mark GageDurham$378K
- Joseph HsuCharlotte$483K
- Holly PilsonWinston Salem$86K
- Timothy HarrisRaleigh$27K
- Keith WhitlockRaleigh$15K
- Andrew ChenChapel Hill$14K
- Sarat GangaCary$9K
- Kendall MasadaCharlotte$9K
- Phillip GrisdelaCamp Lejeune$6K
- Sophia TravenCharlotte$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.