Detlev Erdmann, MD
Plastic Surgery · Durham, NCNPI 1508886516
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (55.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 42.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,986 and has fallen 82.6% since, to $867 in 2025.
Across 97 payments — averaging $143.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$6K
- AbbVie$3K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$467
- Dilon Technologies, Inc.$444
- Davol Inc.$420
- Kls-martin L.p.$386
- plus $3K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,00029%
- Travel & lodging$2,07115%
- Food & beverage$7,70955%
- Entertainment$1661%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 8 | $5,889 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 42 | $3,430 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 6 | $467 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $444 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $420 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 4 | $386 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $347 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $324 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $258 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 2 | $199 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $137 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Stryker | 2 | $130 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $129 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $125 |
| Biocircuit Technologies Inc | 1 | $118 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 1 | $118 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Axogen | 1 | $111 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $109 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $91 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $75 |
| TEI Medical Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $47 |
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.
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$2,001
- HemoBlast Bellows$444
- ALLODERM$404
- INTEGRA$336
- PHASIX$271
- Restrata Wound Matrix$258
- Stimulan$137
- VersaWrap$137
- SpeedSpiral$129
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS$126
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$125
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$124
- Motiva Implant Matrix$118
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$115
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$115
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$112
- PRIMATRIX$112
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$111
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$111
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$111
How this compares
$13,945 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 128 plastic 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 plastic surgery in Durham
- Howard LevinsonDurham$167K
- Suhail MithaniDurham$146K
- Duncan HughesDurham$68K
- David BrownDurham$16K
- Linda CendalesDurham$8K
- Scott HollenbeckDurham$7K
- Ashit PatelDurham$6K
- Nicholas ClavinCharlotte$562K
- Luther HoltonWilmington$533K
- Theodore NyameCharlotte$364K
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.