Kathryn Oconnor, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Durham, NCNPI 1215161070
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (46.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 37.0% of the total.
Across 62 payments — averaging $164.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$4K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$4K
- Liberty Surgical Inc.$1K
- Exactech, Inc.$410
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$278
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$240
- plus $719 from 11 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1100.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Stryker$3K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,13921%
- Food & beverage$3,35133%
- Education$4,72746%
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) | 30 | $3,781 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 5 | $3,662 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 1 | $1,127 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $410 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 3 | $278 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $240 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $119 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $115 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 4 | $65 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $32 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Synergy Orthopedics, LLC | 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.
- INBONE$1,609
- PROstep$808
- VANTAGE$250
- INFINITY$217
- CITREFIX$173
- BIO4$173
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$161
- EPIC FOOT PLATE SYSTEM$160
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$151
- CERAMENT G$151
- ANCHORAGE$147
- HOFFMANN$147
- STAR$147
- TFN ADVANCED$125
- VersaWrap$121
- BioBrace 23mm$115
- CARTIVA$107
- Physio-Stim$104
How this compares
$10,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 21 | $193 |
| Meloxicam | 38 | $139 |
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.