William Griffin
Orthopaedic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1881676872
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,717,790 of the $1,807,234 with a category attached, or 95.1%. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. accounts for 98.7% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $732,461 and has fallen 63.9% since, to $264,645 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.
Across 127 payments — averaging $14,230 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$1.8M
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$17K
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$4K
- Zimmer Biomet$252
- Johnson & Johnson$231
- Smith+Nephew$222
- plus $1K from 9 others
Across 33 payments — averaging $1202.08 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$40K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,717,79095%
- Consulting fees$78,6844%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,6250%
- Travel & lodging$4,2270%
- Food & beverage$2,9080%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 94 | $1,784,579 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 14 | $17,182 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $3,625 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $252 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $231 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $222 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Intellijoint Surgical Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $109 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $79 |
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.
- RECLAIM$1,733,114
- PINNACLE$1,718,690
- ATTUNE$15,671
- EMPHASYS$15,585
- SOLUTION$14,963
- CORAIL$14,963
- AML$10,093
- Zilretta$3,625
- ACTIS$461
- Velys$460
- H-Max$171
- Master SL$171
- Physica$171
- Intellijoint$168
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$162
- GMK SPHERE$148
- JOINTPOINT$142
- REDAPT$137
- CORI$137
- AQUAMANTYS$109
How this compares
$1,807,234 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 845 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Carolina.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Charlotte
- Thomas FehringCharlotte$18.3M
- Walter BeaverCharlotte$7.4M
- Robert AndersonCharlotte$6.6M
- John MasonCharlotte$5.7M
- William DavisCharlotte$5.2M
- John EllingtonCharlotte$4.9M
- Carroll JonesCharlotte$3.6M
- John MasonisCharlotte$3.4M
- Bruce CohenCharlotte$2.4M
- Anthony KwonCharlotte$1.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.