John Difiore
Pediatric Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1700840469
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $751,456 of the $773,565 with a category attached, or 97.1%. Aegis Spine, Inc. accounts for 73.1% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $430,398, more than ten times the $7,337 reported in 2019.
Across 153 payments — averaging $5055.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aegis Spine, Inc.$565K
- Atricure, Inc.$168K
- Zimmer Biomet$36K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$3K
- L&k Biomed CO. , LTD.$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$39
- plus $21 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$751,45697%
- Travel & lodging$18,5612%
- Food & beverage$3,5470%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aegis Spine, Inc. | 21 | $565,311 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 88 | $167,764 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 40 | $35,811 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $3,000 |
| L&k Biomed CO. , LTD. | 1 | $1,619 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
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.
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$119,253
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$19,464
- Pectus Bar$19,195
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$17,961
- Pectus Bar Bending Forceps, Standard$11,452
- Pectus Next Generation$4,180
- EXPAREL$3,000
- CastleLoc Pectus System$1,619
- CMF & Thoracic-None$523
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$314
- MEDLINE$150
How this compares
Too few pediatric surgery providers in North Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric surgery in Charlotte
- Thomas SchmelzerCharlotte$35K
- Graham CosperCharlotte$397
- Andrew SchulmanCharlotte$339
- Daniel BambiniCharlotte$156
- Tuan PhamCharlotte$151
- Heather NolanCharlotte$131
- Robert ParryChapel Hill$8K
- Colin MuncieRaleigh$5K
- Rohini OlsonGreenville$2K
- Shannon LongshoreGreenville$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.