Timothy Ekpo, DO
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Grand Blanc, MINPI 1891003240
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $234,513 of the $294,598 with a category attached, or 79.6%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Encore Medical, LP at 57.8% of the total. Among adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MI 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 272 payments — averaging $1083.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Encore Medical, LP$170K
- Zimmer Biomet$63K
- Medtronic$30K
- Insight Medical Systems, Inc.$14K
- Smith+Nephew$13K
- UOC USA Inc$3K
- plus $1K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$234,51380%
- Speaking & faculty fees$27,3709%
- Travel & lodging$29,03210%
- Food & beverage$3,6831%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Encore Medical, LP | 96 | $170,376 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 81 | $63,082 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $30,111 |
| Insight Medical Systems, Inc. | 18 | $13,783 |
| Smith+Nephew | 41 | $13,267 |
| UOC USA Inc | 7 | $2,628 |
| Ortho Development Corporation | 1 | $986 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $237 |
| Abbott | 1 | $127 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $2 |
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$136,869
- ROSA-Knee$33,659
- AQUAMANTYS$28,824
- ARVIS$13,684
- Legion$8,138
- Journey II BCS$8,138
- Journey II CR$8,138
- Journey II XR$6,685
- Anthem$3,413
- U2 Knee$1,912
- Balanced Knee System$986
- PlasmaBlade$958
- Arcos$640
- VISIONAIRE Cutting Guides$397
- Navio Surgical System$373
- U2$302
- REDAPT Revision Hip System$267
- Legion Revision$267
- AGILI-C$237
- PROCLAIM$127
How this compares
$294,598 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 35 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 21 | $195 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $114 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $82 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Grand Blanc
- Evan KohlerGrand Blanc$7K
- Michael SorscherGrand Blanc$679
- Michael MasiniYpsilanti$6.3M
- Jeffrey DeclaireRochester$5.4M
- Trevor BankaDetroit$339K
- Nicholas FrischAuburn Hills$244K
- Charles TauntLansing$126K
- Brian de BeaubienSaginaw$117K
- Daniel MeskoLansing$99K
- Anthony GemayelFlint$78K
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.