Randall Eldridge, DPM
Podiatrist · Hickory, NCNPI 1497195341
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.7% of the total across 105 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Organogenesis Inc. at 29.9% of the total.
Across 105 payments — averaging $26.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organogenesis Inc.$828
- Next Science LLC$241
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$217
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$193
- Imbed Biosciences Inc.$163
- Smith+Nephew$152
- plus $978 from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,73699%
- Education$120%
- Entertainment$231%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organogenesis Inc. | 34 | $828 |
| Next Science LLC | 3 | $241 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $217 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 3 | $193 |
| Imbed Biosciences Inc. | 11 | $163 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $152 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $109 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $72 |
| Orpyx Medical Technologies US Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 2 | $42 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Medela LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $30 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $29 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $20 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $3 |
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.
How this compares
$2,771 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 109 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 112 | $3,768 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 116 | $2,830 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 24 | $1,136 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 85 | $631 |
| Mupirocin | 75 | $560 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 81 | $457 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 21 | $371 |
| Ketoconazole | 25 | $316 |
| Prednisone | 159 | $177 |
| SsdSilver Sulfadiazine | 14 | $144 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 16 | $120 |
| Silver Sulfadiazine | 17 | $97 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Hickory
- Stephanie EldridgeHickory$4K
- Jordan MeyersRaleigh$343K
- Christopher GaulandGreenville$56K
- Scott MartinRocky Mount$14K
- Gretchen LawrenceForest City$12K
- William WeilyCharlotte$11K
- Kristin KirbyHuntersville$10K
- Robert PrzynoschWaynesville$9K
- William BanksWaynesville$9K
- Emily LobosAsheville$9K
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.