Kenneth Lindley, MD
Hand Surgery · Durham, NCNPI 1659532547
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 32.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,150, more than ten times the $62 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 25 payments — averaging $64.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$533
- Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc$480
- Stryker$257
- Endo USA, Inc.$172
- Acumed LLC$107
- Johnson & Johnson$26
- plus $49 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$83952%
- Food & beverage$78648%
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 | 7 | $533 |
| Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc | 3 | $480 |
| Stryker | 5 | $257 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 4 | $172 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $107 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $4 |
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
$1,624 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 163 | $719 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 70 | $629 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 186 | $376 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $92 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Durham
- Christpher KliftoDurham$575K
- Julian AldridgeDurham$1K
- 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.