Stuart Saunders, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Clemmons, NCNPI 1841510674
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (37.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 51.8% of the total.
Across 57 payments — averaging $137.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$4K
- Southtech Orthopedics$2K
- Piedmont Plus Innovation$972
- International Life Sciences$520
- Flower Orthopedics Coporation$303
- Biocomposites Inc$21
- plus $19 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,91737%
- Food & beverage$2,53632%
- Education$2,40031%
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 | 38 | $4,070 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 3 | $1,949 |
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 9 | $972 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $520 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 3 | $303 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $21 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
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.
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION$137
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FOOT & ANKLE TTC NAIL$101
How this compares
$7,854 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 196 foot and ankle surgery 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 55 | $389 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 58 | $313 |
| Methocarbamol | 43 | $257 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 27 | $223 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $208 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 31 | $159 |
| Ibuprofen | 40 | $147 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $78 |
| Gabapentin | 46 | $76 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Clemmons
- Robert OlsonGastonia$473K
- Austin MatthewsLumberton$279K
- Matthew DzurikWilmington$142K
- Kristen McGinnessFayetteville$123K
- William RespessGreenville$79K
- Brian FutrellCary$71K
- Kenneth BloomMooresville$53K
- Stephen HeislerChapel Hill$49K
- Benjamin UmbelMorganton$37K
- Andrew HanselmanWake Forest$30K
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.