Richard Bahner, MD
Hand Surgery · Wilmington, NCNPI 1407812068
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 29.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,626, 2.5 times the $1,859 reported in 2019.
Across 164 payments — averaging $116.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$6K
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$5K
- Trimed, Inc.$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$1K
- Encore Medical, LP$1K
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,39349%
- Food & beverage$7,32238%
- Education$2,40013%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 39 | $5,571 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 24 | $4,986 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 3 | $1,594 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $1,397 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 11 | $1,206 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 5 | $1,012 |
| Stryker | 13 | $779 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $513 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 20 | $435 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $290 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 3 | $217 |
| Vertex | 3 | $168 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $168 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $154 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $140 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $113 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 5 | $90 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $7 |
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$1,805
- TITAN-SHOULDER$962
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$566
- REVERSE SHOULDER$468
- FREEDOM WRIST$351
- PYRO MCP$351
- TSSM - TOTAL SHOULDER SYSTEM METAL$351
- External Fixation System$351
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$290
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID$289
- Regeneten$219
- MULTIFIX S$219
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$170
- TENOGLIDE$140
- MAKO$125
- JOURNAVX$125
- AETOS Shoulder System$124
- Persona$122
- EXPAREL$122
- TACTOSET$116
How this compares
$19,115 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 79 hand 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 | 24 | $430 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 68 | $326 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $131 |
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $114 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $110 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $100 |
| Meloxicam | 36 | $60 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Wilmington
- Richard MooreWilmington$177K
- Kelly EspositoWilmington$5K
- Christpher KliftoDurham$575K
- Raymond GastonCharlotte$505K
- Ryan GarciaCharlotte$381K
- Erica TaylorRaleigh$97K
- Tyler PidgeonMorrisville$50K
- John YanikAsheville$32K
- Zhongyu LiWinston Salem$29K
- Patricia WellbornRaleigh$26K
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.