Holly Pilson, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Winston Salem, NCNPI 1891957478
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.1%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 31.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $27,422, 2.8 times the $9,942 reported in 2019.
Across 140 payments — averaging $610.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$27K
- Synthes GmbH$26K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$20K
- Medtronic$8K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Stryker$801
- plus $2K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$36,85943%
- Speaking & faculty fees$27,00532%
- Travel & lodging$15,79818%
- Food & beverage$5,7917%
- Gifts$480%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 27 | $27,086 |
| Synthes GmbH | 35 | $25,903 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 16 | $20,439 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $8,384 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 23 | $1,159 |
| Stryker | 5 | $801 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $793 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $287 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 3 | $173 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $125 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $105 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
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.
- EVOS$31,526
- NA$20,024
- TRIGEN$10,507
- O-ARM-ST$8,314
- TRIGEN Meta-Nail$5,337
- SPATIAL FRAME$1,777
- MAVERICK$1,656
- VA-LCP$1,022
- Persona$603
- T2$341
- TORNIER PERFORM ANATOMIC AUGMENTED GLENOID$166
- MOTOBAND$162
- RESTORATION$147
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$147
- T2 ALPHA$147
- Ankle Fracture System$145
- Anthem$142
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$142
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$139
- TFN ADVANCED$126
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in North Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $139 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Winston Salem
- Joseph HsuCharlotte$483K
- Mark GageDurham$378K
- Christian PeanDurham$166K
- Timothy HarrisRaleigh$27K
- Keith WhitlockRaleigh$15K
- Andrew ChenChapel Hill$14K
- Sarat GangaCary$9K
- Kendall MasadaCharlotte$9K
- Phillip GrisdelaCamp Lejeune$6K
- Sophia TravenCharlotte$6K
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.