Dhagash Patel, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Raleigh, NCNPI 1912428608
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (56.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Southtech Orthopedics at 28.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,667 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $106 in 2025.
Across 91 payments — averaging $93.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Southtech Orthopedics$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$1K
- Epsfl, LLC$438
- Zimmer Biomet$219
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$96711%
- Food & beverage$2,67032%
- Education$4,80057%
- Entertainment$300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Southtech Orthopedics | 3 | $2,423 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 16 | $1,591 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $1,244 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Epsfl, LLC | 1 | $438 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $219 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 17 | $199 |
| Next Science LLC | 4 | $193 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $148 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $136 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $92 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $79 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $71 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Abbott | 2 | $55 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- PRIME SERIES$559
- ORTHOLOC$165
- Stratum Foot Plating System$150
- SurgX$150
- Xperience$150
- BlastX$150
- BioBrace 23mm$148
- COLINK 2$148
- QUANTUM$148
- HERCULES SUTURE ANCHOR SYSTEM$148
- IN2BONES USA$148
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$144
How this compares
$8,467 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 196 foot & ankle 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 37 | $709 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 21 | $392 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base In Ethanol | 13 | $268 |
| Methylprednisolone | 42 | $183 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 13 | $176 |
| Cephalexin | 20 | $89 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Raleigh
- Nicholas AdamsRaleigh$13K
- Brittany BrowerRaleigh$5K
- Robert OlsonGastonia$473K
- Austin MatthewsLumberton$279K
- Matthew DzurikWilmington$142K
- Kristen McGinnessFayetteville$123K
- William RespessGreenville$79K
- Brian FutrellCary$71K
- Kenneth BloomMooresville$53K
- Stephen HeislerChapel Hill$49K
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.