RxDoctor Payments Data

William Davis

Orthopaedic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1710960802

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $3,830,729 of the $5,218,193 with a category attached, or 73.4%. Stryker accounts for 93.8% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,266,406 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $1,667 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$5,218,193in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,264 payments — averaging $4128.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Stryker$4.9M
  • International Life Sciences$188K
  • Arthrex$70K
  • DJO, LLC$28K
  • Osteoremedies, LLC$13K
  • Acera Surgical, Inc.$11K
  • plus $11K from 17 others
$9,998in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 35 payments — averaging $285.65 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Stryker$10K

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$3,830,72973%
  • Consulting fees$1,055,36120%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$175,2203%
  • Travel & lodging$135,5803%
  • Food & beverage$21,3030%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Stryker(2 entities)1,159$4,895,915
International Life Sciences9$188,476
Arthrex6$70,386
DJO, LLC36$28,187
Osteoremedies, LLC15$12,838
Acera Surgical, Inc.8$11,013
Panther Orthopedics, Inc.3$5,850
Spinesmith Holdings, LLC2$2,000
Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.3$1,625
Curvebeam LLC1$500
Anika Therapeutics, Inc.3$265
Peerless Surgical Inc.2$265
Bone Support Inc.1$130
Pfizer7$109
Solventum Corporation1$108
Amniox Medical, Inc.1$108
Flower Orthopedics Coporation1$108
ERMI LLC1$108
Dynasplint Systems Inc.1$69
Johnson & Johnson1$59
Trilliant Surgical LLC.1$40
Abbott1$21
Omnilife Science, Inc1$14

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

$5,218,193 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 845 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Carolina.

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