David Powers, MD
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery · Durham, NCNPI 1730169459
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (36.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 56.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $23,852 and has fallen 59.5% since, to $9,672 in 2025. Among oral & maxillofacial surgery clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 148 payments — averaging $607.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$51K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$21K
- Stryker$10K
- Kls-martin L.p.$5K
- Merck$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- plus $697 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,95632%
- Speaking & faculty fees$33,15037%
- Travel & lodging$22,60525%
- Food & beverage$5,1826%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 59 | $50,623 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 20 | $20,757 |
| Stryker | 10 | $10,083 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 28 | $5,385 |
| Merck | 2 | $1,250 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $1,098 |
| Axogen | 1 | $142 |
| Longeviti Neuro Solutions Inc | 1 | $135 |
| Tepha Inc | 3 | $112 |
| Abbott | 2 | $72 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $66 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- UNIVERSAL MANDIBLE$7,394
- MATRIXMIDFACE$3,283
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$2,906
- TRUMATCH$2,259
- VSP RECONSTRUCTION$1,625
- CMF EXTERNAL FIXATION$1,515
- CMF INSTRUMENTS$1,515
- MATRIXWAVE$1,515
- CUSTOMIZED MANDIBLE RECON$853
- MATRIXCOMBO$249
- NA$143
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$142
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$142
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$142
- CLEARFIT$135
- InvisiShunt Implant Kit$135
- MATRIXORTHOGNATHIC$123
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$108
How this compares
$89,893 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 226 oral & maxillofacial surgery providers in North Carolina.
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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 oral & maxillofacial surgery in Durham
- Uday ReebyeDurham$43K
- Andrew RuvoDurham$2K
- Richard KapitanCharlotte$361K
- Myron TuckerCharlotte$108K
- Brian FarrellCharlotte$98K
- Nigel MatthewsChapel Hill$84K
- Shannon ParsonsCharlotte$64K
- Andrew HenryCharlotte$32K
- Edward AlessandriniCharlotte$24K
- David HillChapel Hill$23K
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.