Julian Aldridge, MD
Hand Surgery · Durham, NCNPI 1720175458
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Skeletal Dynamics Inc at 55.6% of the total. 2024 is the largest year on record at $510, more than ten times the $25 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $2,519.
Across 9 payments — averaging $112.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$562
- Stryker$181
- Acumed LLC$145
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$97
- Linvatec Corporation$25
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$48548%
- Food & beverage$52652%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 3 | $562 |
| Stryker | 3 | $181 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $145 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $97 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $25 |
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.
How this compares
$1,011 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 79 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron Hcl | 247 | $1,415 |
| Cephalexin | 124 | $1,278 |
| Methylprednisolone | 153 | $907 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 106 | $673 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 93 | $505 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 76 | $146 |
| Meloxicam | 39 | $76 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 16 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Durham
- Christpher KliftoDurham$575K
- Kenneth LindleyDurham$2K
- Steven WintersDurham$487
- Raymond GastonCharlotte$505K
- Ryan GarciaCharlotte$381K
- Richard MooreWilmington$177K
- Erica TaylorRaleigh$97K
- Tyler PidgeonMorrisville$50K
- John YanikAsheville$32K
- Zhongyu LiWinston Salem$29K
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.