Joshua Sykes, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Bridgeport, WVNPI 1063655470
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 93.4% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $42,557, 4.9 times the $8,642 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in WV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 226 payments — averaging $477.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$101K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$5K
- Stryker$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$110
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$14
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$55,85652%
- Speaking & faculty fees$29,47727%
- Travel & lodging$16,35315%
- Food & beverage$5,5565%
- Education$6701%
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 | 163 | $100,819 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 46 | $5,115 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,854 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $110 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$1,143
- REUNION$321
- VARIAX$186
- MAKO$159
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$152
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$152
- ROSA$110
How this compares
$107,912 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 93 orthopaedic surgery providers in West Virginia.
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 | 237 | $1,717 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 60 | $219 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 36 | $132 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $25 |
| Amoxicillin | 15 | $12 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Bridgeport
- Chad PoageBridgeport$1K
- Benjamin FryeMorgantown$329K
- Chad LavenderCharleston$312K
- Steven LochowHuntington$146K
- Scott DaffnerMorgantown$102K
- John CromptonHuntington$78K
- Ali OliashiraziHuntington$65K
- Gregory PurnellMorgantown$65K
- Matthew DietzMorgantown$60K
- Felix CheungHuntington$59K
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.