Peter Passias, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Durham, NCNPI 1003070327
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.1%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cerapedics Inc. at 31.3% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine 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 551 payments — averaging $1002.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cerapedics Inc.$173K
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$111K
- Medtronic$47K
- Spineart USA Inc$36K
- Amgen$27K
- Royal Biologics, Inc.$24K
- plus $136K from 31 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $8114.68 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.
- Medtronic$101K
- Globus Medical$32K
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$10K
- Amgen$3K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$8,0191%
- Consulting fees$287,95152%
- Speaking & faculty fees$102,65919%
- Travel & lodging$75,84914%
- Food & beverage$27,9985%
- Education$1700%
- Charitable contribution$50,0009%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cerapedics Inc. | 143 | $172,750 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 9 | $110,717 |
| Medtronic | 79 | $46,664 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 20 | $35,515 |
| Amgen | 31 | $27,000 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 45 | $23,887 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 37 | $20,510 |
| Innovasis Inc | 13 | $19,972 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 14 | $18,934 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 33 | $17,532 |
| Spinevision SAS | 3 | $16,587 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 21 | $11,059 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 8 | $8,933 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $5,850 |
| Zsfab, Inc. | 6 | $5,157 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 8 | $1,694 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 5 | $1,493 |
| Spineart SA | 4 | $1,349 |
| Mirus, LLC | 3 | $1,321 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 5 | $866 |
| MML US, Inc. | 10 | $721 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $708 |
| Spinevision Inc. | 1 | $522 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $515 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 17 | $456 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $424 |
| Smaio USA Corporation | 2 | $416 |
| 4web, Inc. | 3 | $295 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $179 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Viseon, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$170,720
- Influx$62,686
- EVENITY$24,180
- HARVEST BMAC$17,038
- UNID_PASS$15,795
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$13,119
- Maxx BMC$12,710
- QUARTEX MIS$11,156
- Spinal Implants$8,228
- UNiD$6,557
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$5,971
- INFINITY OCCIPITOCERVICAL UPPER THORACIC SYSTEM$5,781
- 3D Printed Matrixx Technology$3,803
- Fibrinet$3,567
- iFuse Implant$3,540
- Quartex$3,413
- RISE$3,035
- INFINITY OCT System$3,000
- 3D Printed Pedicle Screw$2,913
- SALVO SPINE SYSTEM$2,438
How this compares
$552,645 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 32 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in North Carolina.
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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 of the spine in Durham
- Olumide DanisaDurham$198K
- Brett RocosDurham$40K
- Daniel WilliamsPinehurst$443K
- Alexander LemonsPinehurst$389K
- Daniel CavanaughChapel Hill$246K
- Conor ReganRaleigh$149K
- Michael MooreGreensboro$83K
- Phillip HorneCary$45K
- Daniel LeasConcord$42K
- Ryan GentryRaleigh$39K
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.