John Dupaix, MD
Hand Surgery · Erie, PANPI 1972860351
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (43.2%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medartis Inc. at 44.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,254 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $244 in 2025.
Across 172 payments — averaging $98.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medartis Inc.$8K
- Arthrex$3K
- Axogen$2K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1K
- Trimed, Inc.$1K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$588
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,24331%
- Food & beverage$7,34043%
- Education$4,40626%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medartis Inc. | 35 | $7,513 |
| Arthrex | 19 | $3,051 |
| Axogen | 10 | $2,250 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 44 | $1,155 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 7 | $1,154 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 3 | $588 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $187 |
| Stryker | 6 | $176 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 10 | $168 |
| Bioventus LLC | 9 | $165 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $155 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $148 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $74 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 3 | $69 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $11 |
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.
- APTUS$6,589
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$2,138
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$2,138
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$2,138
- Tools - WFS$1,154
- XIAFLEX$378
- ACUMED$228
- NanoPhix Implant$114
How this compares
$16,989 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 110 hand surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 | 110 | $417 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Erie
- Zachary DusckasErie$16K
- John LubahnErie$3K
- Thomas GrahamAllentown$1.4M
- Randall CulpPlains$358K
- Asif IlyasBryn Mawr$295K
- Arthur OstermanKing Of Prussia$198K
- Meredith OstermanKing Of Prussia$196K
- Adam StrohlPhiladelphia$175K
- Mark BaratzPittsburgh$112K
- Richard TostiBryn Mawr$109K
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.