Samuel Ford, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1316357940
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $130,767 of the $207,382 with a category attached, or 63.1%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Restor3d, Inc. at 38.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $103,811, 9.0 times the $11,526 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 268 payments — averaging $773.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Restor3d, Inc.$80K
- Stryker$52K
- Acumed LLC$41K
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$12K
- Arthrex$10K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$3K
- plus $9K from 20 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $2106.80 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.
- BONE Support AB$34K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$18,3379%
- Consulting fees$130,76763%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,17510%
- Grants$10,0005%
- Travel & lodging$15,4467%
- Food & beverage$8,7314%
- Education$2,2341%
- Ownership interest$6930%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Restor3d, Inc. | 31 | $80,301 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 129 | $51,957 |
| Acumed LLC | 41 | $41,180 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 10 | $12,048 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $10,000 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 9 | $2,852 |
| Spinesmith Holdings, LLC | 2 | $2,750 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 2 | $2,437 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 8 | $1,053 |
| Medline Industries LP | 7 | $634 |
| Ossio Inc | 3 | $469 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $238 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $189 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $168 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $158 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $147 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $145 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $141 |
| Stability Biologics, LLC | 1 | $118 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $115 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Activortho, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Abbott | 2 | $38 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Vertex | 1 | $31 |
| DJO, 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.
- ACUMED$92,610
- OsteoMed$46,938
- PROstep$15,600
- Restrata Wound Matrix$11,872
- SALVATION$11,699
- PROPHECY$10,140
- INnate Implant$7,000
- VARIAX$2,606
- MagnetOs$2,437
- CITREFIX$1,899
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$1,899
- GRAVITY$1,755
- INFINITY$1,681
- ANCHORAGE$1,365
- FIXOS$1,365
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$1,241
- AXSOS$1,241
- HOFFMANN$1,241
- GAMMA$1,241
- Arsenal Ankle 10 Hole 1/3 Tubular Plate$794
How this compares
$207,382 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 | 53 | $819 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $274 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $161 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 18 | $139 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $115 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $79 |
| Meloxicam | 61 | $51 |
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.