David Wexler, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Augusta, MENPI 1063481448
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (59.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Conformis, Inc. at 27.2% of the total.
Across 125 payments — averaging $89.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Conformis, Inc.$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- Stryker$1K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$564
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$550
- Medtronic$434
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,43040%
- Food & beverage$6,68960%
- Education$470%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conformis, Inc. | 24 | $3,034 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 18 | $2,880 |
| Stryker | 7 | $1,223 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 7 | $564 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 6 | $550 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $434 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $356 |
| Orthalign Inc | 3 | $313 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 15 | $302 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $292 |
| Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $271 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $182 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $128 |
| Vertex | 4 | $108 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $95 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $48 |
| Kinamed, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $30 |
| Kairos Surgical 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.
- Oxford$1,991
- Hip$1,433
- STAR$922
- iTotal Identity PS$497
- iTotal, Identity CR$446
- StealthStation$378
- Identity PS$363
- Persona$307
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$267
- Identity Imprint CR$259
- Identity Imprint PS$259
- DJO SURGICAL$256
- MPO Hip System$224
- MAKO$150
- iTotal CR, iTotal PS, iUni, Hip System$124
- EXPAREL$120
- iTotal PS$119
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$104
- EVOS$104
- Tandem$104
How this compares
$11,165 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 111 orthopaedic surgery providers in Maine.
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 | 198 | $1,128 |
| Celecoxib | 26 | $751 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 45 | $278 |
| Amoxicillin | 99 | $61 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $32 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 13 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Augusta
- Daniel ShubertAugusta$64K
- Ian PattenAugusta$50K
- Cassandra SankoAugusta$12K
- Michael RodgerAugusta$7K
- Stuart AitkenAugusta$4K
- Anthony ManciniAugusta$2K
- George BabikianFalmouth$446K
- Nicholas ColacchioFalmouth$439K
- Adam RanaFalmouth$330K
- John HerzogFalmouth$258K
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.