Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

BRUCE D BROWNER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Trauma

NPI
1245235910
CMS profile
1081802
Location
MEBANE, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2023

$1,268.83

  • Reported across 11 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$1,044.85

8 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $570.43 3
Food and Beverage $474.42 5

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
TriCoast Surgical Solutions LLC $623.02 4
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $403.83 3
Arthrex, Inc. $18.00 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $178.35 2
PY2022 $45.63 1
PY2023 $1,044.85 8

Payment records · PY2023 (8)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2023 20182022 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Arthrex, Inc. $18.00 06/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1046011185 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $136.45 01/25/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 990962403 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $121.83 05/31/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 990962407 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $145.55 11/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 990962411 CMS
TriCoast Surgical Solutions LLC $383.05 05/17/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1024721551 CMS
TriCoast Surgical Solutions LLC $52.59 06/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1024721557 CMS
TriCoast Surgical Solutions LLC $24.98 06/13/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1024721563 CMS
TriCoast Surgical Solutions LLC $162.40 06/13/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1024721569 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2022, 2023
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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