Lee Radford, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Cleveland, TNNPI 1588956106
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alpha Orthopedic Systems at 48.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,984 and has fallen 58.3% since, to $827 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $17,622.
Across 66 payments — averaging $61.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$2K
- Stryker$909
- Zimmer Biomet$99
- Sonex Health, Inc.$98
- Globus Medical$98
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$87
- plus $803 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,03450%
- Education$2,03350%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $1,972 |
| Stryker | 15 | $909 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $99 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 2 | $98 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $98 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $87 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $79 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $75 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 1 | $63 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $58 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $48 |
| Medartis Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $46 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $32 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $30 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$4,067 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 27 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Tennessee.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $143 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 11 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Cleveland
- Cory CalendineFranklin$2.5M
- William KurtzBrentwood$774K
- Conrad IvieKnoxville$609K
- Brian PerkinsonFranklin$229K
- Andrew ShinarNashville$151K
- William CarpenterNashville$146K
- Mark FreemanChattanooga$84K
- Christopher HollandGermantown$71K
- Larry JohnsonJackson$55K
- Matthew ChristieNashville$47K
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.