Thomas Cornett, MD
Surgery · Greensboro, NCNPI 1811920648
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 32 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Endomagnetics Ltd at 40.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $357 and has fallen 79.6% since, to $73 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $1,719.
Across 32 payments — averaging $36.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Endomagnetics Ltd$471
- Merck$73
- Smith+Nephew$62
- TELA Bio, Inc.$57
- Medtronic$47
- Wound Management Technologies, Inc$46
- plus $413 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,170100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endomagnetics Ltd | 3 | $471 |
| Merck | 3 | $73 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $62 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $47 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $46 |
| Asensus Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $38 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $31 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $30 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $27 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $26 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bioptics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Cardinal Health 414 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.
How this compares
$1,170 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 970 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 99 | $317 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 18 | $178 |
| Ibuprofen | 15 | $70 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Greensboro
- Brant HenifordCharlotte$831K
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- John MartinieCharlotte$712K
- Dana PortenierDurham$702K
- Paul EnochsCary$595K
- David IannittiCharlotte$360K
- William HopeWilmington$350K
- Martyn KnowlesRaleigh$311K
- Walter BoydGreenville$311K
- Gregory StanleyCharlotte$304K
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.