Hughey Carter, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Lumberton, NCNPI 1376906735
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (40.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 32.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,304 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $195 in 2025.
Across 111 payments — averaging $91.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$2K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$865
- Southtech Orthopedics$686
- Stryker$682
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,27322%
- Food & beverage$3,74937%
- Education$4,14441%
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 | 27 | $3,345 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 11 | $2,073 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 12 | $1,029 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 14 | $865 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 1 | $686 |
| Stryker | 16 | $682 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 5 | $276 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 6 | $241 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $143 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $125 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $107 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $106 |
| Austin Medical Ventures Inc | 1 | $105 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $61 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $43 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $41 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- TrueLok Ring Fixation System$674
- TL-HEX$674
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$375
- ACUMED$309
- Portfolio$148
- UNIVERSAL$139
- TENOGLIDE$126
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$125
- CADENCE ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$125
- HALLU-LOCK$125
- PANTA NAIL$125
- TOTAL FOOT SYSTEM$125
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$125
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$125
- ALLOWRAP$121
- TENOGLIDE TENDON PROTECTOR SHEET$115
- NEURAGEN NERVE GUIDE$115
- Lapiplasty System$112
- Gridlock Ankle$107
- Synthecure$105
How this compares
$10,166 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 50 | $2,425 |
| Ciclopirox | 23 | $1,190 |
| Gabapentin | 65 | $923 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $886 |
| Meloxicam | 103 | $217 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 13 | $162 |
| Allopurinol | 21 | $139 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 21 | $83 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Lumberton
- Austin MatthewsLumberton$279K
- Robert OlsonGastonia$473K
- Matthew DzurikWilmington$142K
- Kristen McGinnessFayetteville$123K
- William RespessGreenville$79K
- Brian FutrellCary$71K
- Kenneth BloomMooresville$53K
- Stephen HeislerChapel Hill$49K
- Benjamin UmbelMorganton$37K
- Andrew HanselmanWake Forest$30K
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.