Connie Cerne, PA
Neurological Surgery · Greenville, NCNPI 1396856175
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $799 of the $1,315 with a category attached, or 60.8%. Si-bone, Inc. accounts for 74.8% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $938 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $19 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $4,651.
Across 23 payments — averaging $57.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$984
- Boston Scientific$69
- AstraZeneca$64
- Bioventus LLC$54
- Baxter Healthcare$43
- Stryker$28
- plus $73 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$79961%
- Food & beverage$51639%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 7 | $984 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $69 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $64 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $54 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $43 |
| Stryker | 2 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $11 |
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.
How this compares
$1,315 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 196 neurological 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 211 | $2,238 |
| Methocarbamol | 36 | $869 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 68 | $732 |
| Baclofen | 14 | $353 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $285 |
| Pregabalin | 17 | $192 |
| Meloxicam | 60 | $153 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Greenville
- Richard DalyaiGreenville$49K
- Robert IsaacsDurham$6.6M
- Christopher ShaffreyDurham$4.5M
- Domagoj CoricCharlotte$2.3M
- John ThomasWilmington$1.8M
- Alexander PowersKernersville$1.7M
- Charles BranchAdvance$1.6M
- Paul KimCharlotte$1.5M
- William HunterGastonia$1.3M
- Kevin CahillSupply$1.1M
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.