RxDoctor Payments Data

Derrick Burgess, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Laurel, MSNPI 1720244932

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (37.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 53.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,435, 7.4 times the $1,686 reported in 2019.

$21,397in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 117 payments — averaging $182.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Smith+Nephew$11K
  • Stryker$4K
  • ALON Medical Technology$4K
  • Arthrex$1K
  • Zimmer Biomet$562
  • Bioventus LLC$125
  • plus $395 from 10 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$7,95037%
  • Travel & lodging$6,96233%
  • Food & beverage$4,08419%
  • Education$2,40011%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$21,397 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 170 orthopaedic surgery providers in Mississippi.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$12,098
Medicare patients
41
Services billed
464

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.

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