William Carpenter, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1043653009
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.4%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanara Medtech Inc. at 59.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $86,308, 7.7 times the $11,167 reported in 2019.
Across 211 payments — averaging $689.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$86K
- Orthalign Inc$23K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$11K
- Smith+Nephew$8K
- Stryker$6K
- Arthrex$4K
- plus $7K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$39,04327%
- Speaking & faculty fees$74,80051%
- Travel & lodging$11,5348%
- Food & beverage$12,7059%
- Education$7,5005%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 52 | $85,876 |
| Orthalign Inc | 28 | $23,287 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 15 | $11,197 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $7,834 |
| Stryker | 44 | $6,198 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $3,750 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 26 | $2,661 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 8 | $1,992 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 3 | $1,261 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 7 | $662 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 1 | $240 |
| Music City Medical Technologies, LLC | 4 | $183 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $152 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $110 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 3 | $72 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $23 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $20 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals 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.
- CellerateRx$85,363
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$23,165
- ACTIS$4,648
- EMPHASYS$4,418
- MAKO$3,587
- Stimulan$1,261
- QUADRA$1,192
- ATTUNE$1,076
- Velys$791
- AMISTEM$534
- TRIATHLON$432
- GAMMA$344
- MAKOPLASTY$297
- INHANCE$276
- iTotal PS$275
- NA$267
- iTotal CR$257
- GMK SPHERE$159
- VARIAX$148
- X3$140
How this compares
$145,582 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 27 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Tennessee.
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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 | 57 | $2,125 |
| Meloxicam | 137 | $711 |
| Methylprednisolone | 52 | $421 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 58 | $411 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 37 | $237 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $232 |
| Pregabalin | 19 | $202 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 46 | $158 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $133 |
| Cefadroxil | 20 | $104 |
| Amoxicillin | 94 | $93 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $53 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 26 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Nashville
- Andrew ShinarNashville$151K
- Matthew ChristieNashville$47K
- Andrew ThomsonNashville$5K
- Gregory RaabNashville$3K
- Philip KarposNashville$532
- Cory CalendineFranklin$2.5M
- William KurtzBrentwood$774K
- Conrad IvieKnoxville$609K
- Brian PerkinsonFranklin$229K
- Mark FreemanChattanooga$84K
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.