Patrick Connor, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1952384034
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.8%), royalties or licence payments and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Encore Medical, LP at 33.3% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 278 payments — averaging $1546.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Encore Medical, LP$143K
- Limacorporate S.p.a.$92K
- Zimmer Biomet$71K
- Lima USA, Inc.$66K
- Arthrex$46K
- Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc.$9K
- plus $3K from 6 others
Across 22 payments — averaging $9637.88 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$101K
- Arthrex$54K
- Limacorporate S.p.a.$31K
- Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc.$23K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
Across 6 payments — averaging $404,132 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc.$2.4M
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$147,40934%
- Consulting fees$196,90646%
- Speaking & faculty fees$42,87510%
- Travel & lodging$34,3308%
- Food & beverage$7,8502%
- Education$5330%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Encore Medical, LP | 63 | $143,282 |
| Limacorporate S.p.a. | 12 | $91,823 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $70,888 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 42 | $65,968 |
| Arthrex | 100 | $46,055 |
| Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc. | 23 | $8,658 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 20 | $2,399 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $348 |
| Stryker | 2 | $174 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $129 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $52 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$238,857
- SMR Shoulder$96,578
- Nexel Elbow$70,353
- SMR$58,681
- SMR Shoulder system$16,462
- Integrity Orthopaedics$8,103
- Promade$1,750
- LANTERN SURGICAL ASSISTANT$834
- Delta Cup$834
- SHOULDER SUTURE FIBERWIRE SUTURETAPE$490
- KNEE & HIP SUTURE FIBERLOOP OTHER$402
- Product Portfolio$331
- AMF TT CONES$200
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$170
- Juggerknot$134
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$129
- REVERSE SHOULDER$125
How this compares
$429,902 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 845 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 41 | $407 |
| Cephalexin | 47 | $143 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 16 | $83 |
| Meloxicam | 22 | $54 |
| Amoxicillin | 25 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Charlotte
- Thomas FehringCharlotte$18.3M
- Walter BeaverCharlotte$7.4M
- Robert AndersonCharlotte$6.6M
- John MasonCharlotte$5.7M
- William DavisCharlotte$5.2M
- John EllingtonCharlotte$4.9M
- Carroll JonesCharlotte$3.6M
- John MasonisCharlotte$3.4M
- Bruce CohenCharlotte$2.4M
- Anthony KwonCharlotte$1.9M
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.