Ezekial Koslosky
Orthopaedic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1205455086
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,272 of the $7,918 with a category attached, or 66.6%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 28.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,539, 4.3 times the $832 reported in 2022.
Across 125 payments — averaging $63.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Synthes GmbH$1K
- Highridge Medical LLC$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$510
- Zimmer Biomet$355
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$333
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,13627%
- Food & beverage$5,27267%
- Education$5106%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 67 | $2,233 |
| Synthes GmbH | 3 | $1,260 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 13 | $1,105 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $510 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $355 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 5 | $333 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 3 | $304 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $245 |
| Vertex | 2 | $157 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Mission Medical Distribution, LLC | 4 | $134 |
| Axogen | 1 | $127 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $125 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $121 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 2 | $95 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $60 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $47 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $45 |
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.
- Vital$426
- T2 ALPHA$389
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$389
- ACTIS$290
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$281
- GRAFTJACKET$266
- MAKO$155
- VersaWrap$153
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$132
- CellerateRx$129
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$126
- SMR Shoulder$126
- EXPAREL$125
- JOURNAVX$125
- ALLOFIBER$123
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$121
- InSet System$110
- Bipolar Fracture Heads$109
How this compares
$7,918 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 845 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Carolina.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Charlotte
- Thomas FehringCharlotte$18.3M
- Walter BeaverCharlotte$7.4M
- Robert AndersonCharlotte$6.6M
- John MasonCharlotte$5.7M
- William DavisCharlotte$5.2M
- John EllingtonCharlotte$4.9M
- Carroll JonesCharlotte$3.6M
- John MasonisCharlotte$3.4M
- Bruce CohenCharlotte$2.4M
- Anthony KwonCharlotte$1.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.