Peter Evans, MD
Hand Surgery · Stuart, FLNPI 1215965405
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (50.8%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 50.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $125,873 and has fallen 81.6% since, to $23,126 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in FL 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 201 payments — averaging $2610.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$267K
- Axogen$204K
- Acumed LLC$49K
- Exactech, Inc.$3K
- Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$180
- plus $672 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$266,58451%
- Consulting fees$63,85312%
- Speaking & faculty fees$150,34729%
- Travel & lodging$30,0136%
- Food & beverage$12,5912%
- Education$1,2920%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 18 | $266,630 |
| Axogen | 126 | $203,674 |
| Acumed LLC | 30 | $49,451 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 7 | $2,752 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $1,321 |
| Stryker | 2 | $180 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $120 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $104 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $78 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $34 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Comprehensive SRS$202,617
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$139,800
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$134,032
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$134,032
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$63,967
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$54,250
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$53,750
- ACUMED$47,159
- AXOGUARD$43,703
- Elbow Plating System$27,948
- Acu-Sinch Repair System$17,686
- Comprehensive Segmental Revision System$16,287
- Clavicle Plating System$14,717
- OsteoMed$12,877
- INnate Implant$12,877
- Anatomic Radial Head System$9,217
- Hand Fracture System$6,891
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$5,846
- Total Wrist Fusion Plating System$5,500
- EQUINOXE$2,695
How this compares
$524,679 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 173 hand surgery providers in Florida.
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 hand surgery in Stuart
- Gerson FlorezStuart$8K
- Jorge Orbay-CerratoMiami$12.5M
- Nirav GuptaOcala$491K
- Francisco RubioMiami$345K
- Justin ZumstegOrlando$133K
- Maria-Carolina Orbay AranMiami$108K
- Paul PatersonVero Beach$104K
- Helen Hui-ChouMiami$95K
- Philipp StreubelWeston$81K
- Roy CardosoCoral Gables$79K
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.