Kristin Hedge, MD
Hand Surgery · New Bern, NCNPI 1366537847
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.2%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. accounts for 66.0% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2023 is the largest year on record at $7,509, 2.3 times the $3,317 reported in 2019.
Across 61 payments — averaging $299.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$12K
- Arthrex$4K
- Trimed, Inc.$1K
- Sonex Health, Inc.$780
- Southtech Orthopedics$305
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$146
- plus $290 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,36051%
- Travel & lodging$4,03122%
- Food & beverage$1,78310%
- Education$3,12417%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 22 | $12,085 |
| Arthrex | 12 | $3,550 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 3 | $1,142 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 11 | $780 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 2 | $305 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 1 | $146 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 6 | $128 |
| Axogen | 1 | $52 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $47 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 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.
- XIAFLEX$11,633
- ULTRAGUIDECTR$585
- ULTRAGUIDETFR$585
How this compares
$18,298 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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 | 57 | $319 |
| Celecoxib | 31 | $306 |
| Meloxicam | 107 | $267 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 39 | $173 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $151 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 41 | $145 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $53 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $38 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in New Bern
- Aaron RobertsNew Bern$6K
- Christpher KliftoDurham$575K
- Raymond GastonCharlotte$505K
- Ryan GarciaCharlotte$381K
- Richard MooreWilmington$177K
- Erica TaylorRaleigh$97K
- Tyler PidgeonMorrisville$50K
- John YanikAsheville$32K
- Zhongyu LiWinston Salem$29K
- Patricia WellbornRaleigh$26K
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.