Mark Perlmutter, MD
Hand Surgery · Rocky Mount, NCNPI 1467540534
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (41.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 57.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,812 and has fallen 95.6% since, to $168 in 2025.
Across 77 payments — averaging $75.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Southtech Orthopedics$2K
- Nevro Corp.$144
- IBSA Pharma Inc.$140
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$97
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$75
- plus $495 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,26139%
- Food & beverage$1,12119%
- Education$2,40041%
- Entertainment$240%
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.
How this compares
$5,807 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 205 | $1,761 |
| Celecoxib | 57 | $1,550 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 72 | $1,233 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 132 | $448 |
| Gabapentin | 30 | $382 |
| Scopolamine | 23 | $286 |
| Dexamethasone | 99 | $171 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $159 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $71 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Rocky Mount
- 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
- Anshul AgarwalaGreensboro$21K
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.