Neal Everson, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fairbanks, AKNPI 1295175651
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (44.3%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 35.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $14,266 and has fallen 92.1% since, to $1,124 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in AK with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 139 payments — averaging $207.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$10K
- Smith+Nephew$10K
- Arthrex$7K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$267
- Zimmer Biomet$150
- plus $252 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$12,79144%
- Food & beverage$5,04717%
- Education$10,96838%
- Gifts$940%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 82 | $10,176 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $9,561 |
| Arthrex | 28 | $7,290 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,204 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $267 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $150 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $123 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $46 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 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.
- MAKO$3,264
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$2,270
- Legion$1,879
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$1,121
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$1,009
- GRYPHON$919
- MILAGRO$919
- Navio Surgical System$915
- Anthology$915
- Journey II$847
- Legion Revision$847
- Tandem$847
- REDAPT$847
- Ascend Flex$644
- NA$583
- Knees Product Portfolio$150
- DERMABOND Portfolio$125
- SYMPHONY$125
- Irrisept$123
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$120
How this compares
$28,899 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 63 orthopaedic surgery providers in Alaska.
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 surgery in Fairbanks
- Gary MolkFairbanks$3K
- Nathan MarshFairbanks$1K
- Jimmy TamaiFairbanks$498
- Benjamin JohnsonFairbanks$152
- David WithamFairbanks$85
- Bryan HaughomAnchorage$179K
- Benjamin PackardAnchorage$40K
- Kenneth ThomasAnchorage$35K
- Claudia ThomasJber$33K
- Charles HaggertyWasilla$33K
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.