Christopher Belyea, MD
Hand Surgery · Fort Bragg, NCNPI 1447661822
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $4,560 of the $5,957 with a category attached, or 76.5%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC at 44.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,709 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $58 in 2025.
Across 23 payments — averaging $259.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$3K
- Southtech Orthopedics$1K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$960
- Stryker$714
- Zimmer Biomet$150
- Axogen$109
- plus $198 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2564%
- Food & beverage$1,14219%
- Education$4,56077%
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 | 7 | $2,626 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 1 | $1,200 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 1 | $960 |
| Stryker | 6 | $714 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $150 |
| Axogen | 1 | $109 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Vertex | 1 | $54 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $6 |
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.
- T2$267
- ALPHAVENT$163
- MAKO$150
- Knees Product Portfolio$150
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$109
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$109
- HOFFMANN$102
How this compares
$5,957 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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.
Other hand surgery in Fort Bragg
- Christpher KliftoDurham$575K
- Raymond GastonCharlotte$505K
- Ryan GarciaCharlotte$381K
- Richard MooreWilmington$177K
- Erica TaylorRaleigh$97K
- Tyler PidgeonMorrisville$50K
- John YanikAsheville$32K
- Zhongyu LiWinston Salem$29K
- Patricia WellbornRaleigh$26K
- Anshul AgarwalaGreensboro$21K
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.