James Levins, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Burlington, VTNPI 1679920995
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (48.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 48.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $12,788 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $200 in 2025.
Across 57 payments — averaging $360.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$10K
- Encore Medical, LP$7K
- Stryker$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$144
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$118
- plus $70 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5007%
- Grants$10,00049%
- Travel & lodging$5,29126%
- Food & beverage$2,61613%
- Education$1,1526%
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 | 1 | $10,000 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 32 | $7,480 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,594 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,152 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $144 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $118 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$11,958
- NONE$798
- GAMMA$168
- NCB Instruments/Plates/Screws$144
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$127
- Geminus$118
- Align$118
- IJS$118
- Implate$118
How this compares
$20,559 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 37 orthopaedic surgery providers in Vermont.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Burlington
- Michel BenoitBurlington$72
- Jeremy AboladeBurlington$27
- John MacyMorrisville$245K
- Bryan HuberMorrisville$57K
- Jeremy KorshSt Johnsbury$33K
- Nicholas AntellMorrisville$32K
- Ethan HarlowMorrisville$26K
- Erin PichiotinoMorrisville$26K
- Nathan MauserSaint Albans$20K
- Nathaniel NelmsSouth Burlington$18K
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.