Sarat Ganga, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Cary, NCNPI 1932392404
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.6%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 42.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,479 and has fallen 58.2% since, to $2,288 in 2023.
Across 48 payments — averaging $197.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$4K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$305
- Novastep Inc.$148
- Johnson & Johnson$116
- plus $199 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50026%
- Travel & lodging$4,33046%
- Food & beverage$2,35625%
- Education$3053%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 3 | $4,069 |
| Smith+Nephew | 23 | $3,253 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 10 | $1,400 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $305 |
| Novastep Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $116 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- EVOS$1,641
- TL-HEX TRUELOK HEXAPOD SYSTEM$1,048
- TRIGEN$1,042
- Taylor Spatial Frame$801
- Ilizarov System$500
- TFN ADVANCED$305
- CANNULATED SCREWS$301
- PECA Bunion Correction System$148
- IM NAILS$116
- MULTILOC HUMERAL NAIL$116
- RIA$116
- TRIGEN InterTAN$112
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in North Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 29 | $277 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $147 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Cary
- Joseph HsuCharlotte$483K
- Mark GageDurham$378K
- Christian PeanDurham$166K
- Holly PilsonWinston Salem$86K
- Timothy HarrisRaleigh$27K
- Keith WhitlockRaleigh$15K
- Andrew ChenChapel Hill$14K
- Kendall MasadaCharlotte$9K
- Phillip GrisdelaCamp Lejeune$6K
- Sophia TravenCharlotte$6K
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.