Young Lu, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Wilmington, NCNPI 1366861882
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 35.6% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $15,863.
Across 105 payments — averaging $75.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$204
- Trackx Technology, Inc.$156
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$127
- plus $291 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,80448%
- Food & beverage$4,11352%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 46 | $2,822 |
| Stryker | 20 | $2,336 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 27 | $1,982 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 3 | $204 |
| Trackx Technology, Inc. | 2 | $156 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $125 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $111 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $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.
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,395
- XLIF$1,099
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$884
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$636
- SPINEMAP$154
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$153
- Manta Ray$133
- MARS$131
- CellerateRx$127
- NEMLUVIO$125
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$112
- AQUAMANTYS$111
How this compares
$7,917 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 32 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 364 | $1,174 |
| Gabapentin | 95 | $637 |
| Methylprednisolone | 110 | $594 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 50 | $439 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 49 | $336 |
| Methocarbamol | 62 | $239 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 52 | $238 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $121 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $72 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 20 | $45 |
| Diazepam | 13 | $12 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Wilmington
- Robert RodgerWilmington$17K
- Jon MillerWilmington$42
- Peter PassiasDurham$553K
- Daniel WilliamsPinehurst$443K
- Alexander LemonsPinehurst$389K
- Daniel CavanaughChapel Hill$246K
- Olumide DanisaDurham$198K
- Conor ReganRaleigh$149K
- Michael MooreGreensboro$83K
- Phillip HorneCary$45K
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.