Freddie Persinger, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · South Charleston, WVNPI 1104145135
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (40.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 42.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,960 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $58 in 2025.
Across 86 payments — averaging $77.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$808
- Abbott$373
- Stryker$256
- Organogenesis Inc.$207
- plus $763 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,33520%
- Food & beverage$2,65240%
- Education$2,71841%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 3 | $2,841 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 14 | $1,456 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 3 | $808 |
| Abbott | 22 | $373 |
| Stryker | 5 | $256 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $207 |
| Bioventus LLC | 8 | $122 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $74 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $61 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $43 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $21 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $15 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Persona$669
- ROSA$511
- PuraPly$207
- mymobility Platform$150
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$146
- MAKO$119
How this compares
$6,704 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 93 orthopaedic surgery providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 304 | $2,433 |
| Celecoxib | 137 | $2,379 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 58 | $1,132 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 90 | $566 |
| Naproxen | 111 | $556 |
| Cephalexin | 78 | $349 |
| Ibuprofen | 30 | $328 |
| Methylprednisolone | 34 | $212 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 20 | $167 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 20 | $102 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $26 |
| Amoxicillin | 22 | $13 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in South Charleston
- Bruce HauptSouth Charleston$13K
- Matthew StoverSouth Charleston$10K
- William McCormickSouth Charleston$3K
- Phillip SurfaceSouth Charleston$2K
- Benjamin FryeMorgantown$329K
- Chad LavenderCharleston$312K
- Steven LochowHuntington$146K
- Joshua SykesBridgeport$108K
- Scott DaffnerMorgantown$102K
- John CromptonHuntington$78K
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.