Mark Gage, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Durham, NCNPI 1043502867
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (45.4%), consulting fees and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 93.0% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $111,532, 5.7 times the $19,547 reported in 2019.
Across 278 payments — averaging $1358.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$351K
- Restor3d, Inc.$15K
- Synthes GmbH$2K
- Trackx Technology, Inc.$2K
- New Standard Device, LLC Dba Metalogix$2K
- Southtech Orthopedics$1K
- plus $4K from 12 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $184,680 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.
- Smith+Nephew$185K
Across 1 payment — averaging $27,052 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Restor3d, Inc.$27K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$87,51323%
- Consulting fees$97,57826%
- Speaking & faculty fees$171,37745%
- Travel & lodging$14,1434%
- Food & beverage$4,6571%
- Education$1,2000%
- Ownership interest$1,2000%
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 | 221 | $351,307 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 6 | $15,062 |
| Synthes GmbH | 4 | $2,291 |
| Trackx Technology, Inc. | 1 | $1,760 |
| New Standard Device, LLC Dba Metalogix | 1 | $1,600 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 1 | $1,200 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $1,126 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 8 | $953 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $773 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $546 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 6 | $339 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $149 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $144 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $130 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 1 | $96 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $92 |
| Native Surgical, LLC | 2 | $81 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- ARTHREX$225,711
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS TRAUMA MINI FRAGMENT$8,162
- TrackX$1,760
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,083
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FRACTURE MANAGEMENT DISTAL TIBIA$900
- EXTREMITIES & TRAUMA IMPLANTS SMALL BONE TRAUMA HUMERAL FRACTURE$713
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$712
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS TRAUMA ANKLE FRACTURE$594
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HAND & WRIST MINI FRAGMENT$475
- NONE$361
- VARIAX$143
- Taylor Spatial Frame$128
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE ANKLE FRACTURE$121
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS TRAUMA SYNDESMOSIS TIGHTROPES$121
- PELVIS II$111
- ORTHOLOC$111
- XtraFix$108
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS FRACTURE MANAGEMENT SMALL FRAGMENT$102
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in North Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Durham
- Christian PeanDurham$166K
- Joseph HsuCharlotte$483K
- Holly PilsonWinston Salem$86K
- Timothy HarrisRaleigh$27K
- Keith WhitlockRaleigh$15K
- Andrew ChenChapel Hill$14K
- Sarat GangaCary$9K
- Kendall MasadaCharlotte$9K
- Phillip GrisdelaCamp Lejeune$6K
- Sophia TravenCharlotte$6K
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.