Total Payments
$296,791
2024 Payments
$43,767
Companies
20
Transactions
275
Medicare Patients
1,701
Medicare Billing
$526,295
Payment Breakdown by Category
Research$159,129 (53.6%)
Consulting$85,338 (28.8%)
Education$32,750 (11.0%)
Travel$8,307 (2.8%)
Food & Beverage$7,334 (2.5%)
Royalty/License$3,903 (1.3%)
Gifts$31.19 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unspecified | $159,129 | 21 | 53.6% |
| Consulting Fee | $85,338 | 66 | 28.8% |
| Education | $32,750 | 12 | 11.0% |
| Travel and Lodging | $8,307 | 29 | 2.8% |
| Food and Beverage | $7,334 | 129 | 2.5% |
| Royalty or License | $3,903 | 17 | 1.3% |
| Gift | $31.19 | 1 | 0.0% |
Payments by Type
Research
$159,129
21 transactions
General
$137,662
254 transactions
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medacta USA, Inc. | $154,700 | 25 | $0 (2023) |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | $62,886 | 109 | $0 (2024) |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $57,868 | 74 | $0 (2024) |
| Stryker Corporation | $14,940 | 30 | $0 (2019) |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $5,456 | 16 | $0 (2022) |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $425.00 | 2 | $0 (2017) |
| restor3d, inc. | $113.34 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| OsteoCentric Technologies, Inc. | $86.92 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | $84.93 | 4 | $0 (2017) |
| LinkBio Corp | $72.97 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $43,767 | 52 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($38,111) |
| 2023 | $50,843 | 44 | Medacta USA, Inc. ($23,820) |
| 2022 | $60,865 | 26 | MEDACTA USA, INC. ($53,014) |
| 2021 | $62,961 | 25 | Medacta USA, Inc. ($46,558) |
| 2020 | $35,254 | 13 | Medacta USA, Inc. ($31,241) |
| 2019 | $25,401 | 48 | Stryker Corporation ($13,040) |
| 2018 | $10,230 | 29 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. ($8,947) |
| 2017 | $7,470 | 38 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. ($5,721) |
All Payment Transactions
275 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 11
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/20/2024 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $39.72 | General |
| 12/04/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $36.04 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/26/2024 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $365.04 | General |
| 11/13/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.71 | General |
| 11/13/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.20 | General |
| 11/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Arcos (Device), Avenir | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,125.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Arcos (Device), Avenir | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,500.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Arcos (Device), Avenir | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,250.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/09/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $72.97 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 11/09/2024 | restor3d, inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $68.34 | General |
| 11/08/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Persona (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $127.73 | General |
| Category: Knees | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $36.21 | General |
| 11/08/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Persona (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.76 | General |
| Category: Knees | ||||||
| 11/06/2024 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $750.00 | General |
| 11/06/2024 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $500.00 | General |
| 11/05/2024 | restor3d, inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $45.00 | General |
| 10/31/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.76 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 08/17/2024 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $57.75 | General |
| 08/14/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $1,972.24 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 08/01/2024 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $357.44 | General |
| 07/25/2024 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $750.00 | General |
| 06/18/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $56.88 | General |
| 06/18/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.27 | General |
| 06/18/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.65 | General |
| 05/16/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Arcos (Device), Avenir | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,750.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
Research Studies & Clinical Trials
| Study Name | Company | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTO MEDIAL | MEDACTA USA, INC. | $82,855 | 10 |
| MOTO MEDIAL | Medacta USA, Inc. | $46,558 | 4 |
| A Prospective, Multi-Center study To Assess Performance of MOTOMedial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty | Medacta USA, Inc. | $23,820 | 5 |
| CSU2012-10K, POLAR TKA Study | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $4,512 | 1 |
| MOTO MULTICENTER | MEDACTA USA, INC. | $1,384 | 1 |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 493 | 516 | $969,966 | $150,376 |
| 2022 | 6 | 393 | 417 | $722,316 | $117,950 |
| 2021 | 8 | 430 | 455 | $846,645 | $134,386 |
| 2020 | 8 | 385 | 413 | $778,669 | $123,583 |
Total Patients
1,701
Total Services
1,801
Medicare Billing
$526,295
Procedure Codes
28
All Medicare Procedures & Services
28 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27447 | Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | Facility | 2023 | 73 | 76 | $497,040 | $71,451 | 14.4% |
| 27130 | Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | Facility | 2023 | 47 | 48 | $325,536 | $46,278 | 14.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 173 | 184 | $46,920 | $15,763 | 33.6% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 112 | 120 | $20,640 | $6,847 | 33.2% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 47 | 47 | $18,330 | $5,599 | 30.5% |
| 20985 | Computer-assisted surgery for muscle and bone procedure | Facility | 2023 | 41 | 41 | $61,500 | $4,438 | 7.2% |
| 27447 | Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | Facility | 2022 | 57 | 59 | $392,400 | $58,692 | 15.0% |
| 27130 | Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | Facility | 2022 | 31 | 33 | $223,806 | $32,642 | 14.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 135 | 141 | $36,090 | $12,344 | 34.2% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 106 | 120 | $20,640 | $7,002 | 33.9% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 42 | 42 | $16,380 | $4,812 | 29.4% |
| 20985 | Computer-assisted surgery for muscle and bone procedure | Facility | 2022 | 22 | 22 | $33,000 | $2,458 | 7.4% |
| 27447 | Repair of knee joint, lower or upper part of joint, inside and outside area | Facility | 2021 | 62 | 66 | $431,640 | $64,575 | 15.0% |
| 27130 | Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis | Facility | 2021 | 40 | 43 | $291,626 | $42,113 | 14.4% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Office | 2021 | 142 | 153 | $26,316 | $9,414 | 35.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 93 | 95 | $24,360 | $8,293 | 34.0% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Office | 2021 | 40 | 40 | $15,600 | $4,875 | 31.2% |
| 20985 | Computer-assisted surgical navigational procedure for bone procedures | Facility | 2021 | 28 | 31 | $46,500 | $3,532 | 7.6% |
| 99203 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes | Office | 2021 | 14 | 14 | $3,570 | $1,134 | 31.8% |
| 11981 | Insertion of drug delivery implant into tissue | Facility | 2021 | 11 | 13 | $7,033 | $450.90 | 6.4% |
| 27447 | Repair of knee joint | Facility | 2020 | 52 | 60 | $392,400 | $60,175 | 15.3% |
| 27130 | Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis | Facility | 2020 | 40 | 44 | $296,179 | $45,351 | 15.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes | Office | 2020 | 162 | 176 | $30,272 | $7,916 | 26.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes | Office | 2020 | 63 | 64 | $16,320 | $4,219 | 25.9% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes | Office | 2020 | 26 | 26 | $10,140 | $2,852 | 28.1% |
About Dr. Samuel Wellman, M.D
Dr. Samuel Wellman, M.D is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Durham, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/09/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1992836837.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Samuel Wellman, M.D has received a total of $296,791 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $43,767 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 275 transactions from 20 companies. The most common payment nature is "" ($159,129).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Wellman has provided services to 1,701 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,801 services with total Medicare billing of $526,295. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 28 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
- Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location Durham, NC
- Active Since 03/09/2007
- Last Updated 09/05/2012
- Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1992836837
Products in Payments
- MOTO UNI (Device) $20,384
- Avenir (Device) $19,990
- Arcos (Device) $19,489
- MASTERLOC (Device) $10,872
- TRIATHLON (Device) $8,121
- G7 (Device) $7,883
- JOURNEY II (Device) $4,887
- Polar TKA (Device) $4,512
- RESTORATION (Device) $2,625
- TRITANIUM (Device) $1,500
- Persona (Device) $1,214
- ECHO (Device) $1,200
- NONE (Device) $1,000
- Triathlon (Device) $623.50
- ACCULIF (Device) $556.63
- CERAMAX (Device) $425.00
- Navio Surgical System (Device) $366.64
- mymobility Platform (Device) $248.93
- MAKO (Device) $245.42
- Makoplasty (Device) $142.35
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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