Joseph Wilson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Durham, NCNPI 1497915698
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 9 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Stryker accounts for 84.9% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $266 and has fallen 94.2% since, to $16 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $4,547.
Across 9 payments — averaging $79.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$607
- Linvatec Corporation$81
- Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC$15
- Convatec Inc.$12
Across 7 payments — averaging $10,714 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics LLC$75K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$715100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 6 | $607 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $81 |
| Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$163
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$163
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$163
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$161
- SIMPLICITI$125
- PRO$103
How this compares
$715 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 845 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 389 | $3,888 |
| Methylprednisolone | 280 | $1,605 |
| Meloxicam | 300 | $1,328 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 192 | $572 |
| Celecoxib | 27 | $445 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 25 | $177 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $167 |
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $95 |
| Amoxicillin | 16 | $66 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $5 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Durham
- William JiranekDurham$6.4M
- Thomas VailDurham$5.7M
- Mark EasleyDurham$4M
- Michael BolognesiDurham$2.3M
- Christopher BrownDurham$2.3M
- Samuel AdamsDurham$1.8M
- James NunleyDurham$1.6M
- James DeorioDurham$1.3M
- Richard MatherDurham$711K
- Marc RichardDurham$643K
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.