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

WALTER W FRUEH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1700844438
CMS profile
213653
Location
WILMINGTON, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2021

$39,108.09

  • Reported across 57 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2021

$3,730.86

14 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

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $3,200.00 1
Food and Beverage $530.86 13

By paying entity

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $3,546.28 11
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $145.43 1
BAUDAX BIO INC. $21.06 1
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. $18.09 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $13,218.79 13
PY2019 $2,954.52 13
PY2020 $19,203.92 17
PY2021 $3,730.86 14

Payment records · PY2021 (14)

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

Program year 2021 201820192020 Record-level detail is published for PY2021; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Baudax Bio Inc. $21.06 04/07/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 854243641 CMS
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. $18.09 10/20/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 789374479 CMS
Stryker Corporation $18.29 01/15/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 806466401 CMS
Stryker Corporation $12.83 01/19/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 806466403 CMS
Stryker Corporation $3,200.00 02/03/2021 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 806466407 CMS
Stryker Corporation $146.74 05/13/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 806466411 CMS
Stryker Corporation $8.00 06/07/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 806466415 CMS
Stryker Corporation $10.92 06/14/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 806466419 CMS
Stryker Corporation $9.75 07/19/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 806466423 CMS
Stryker Corporation $35.20 08/12/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 806466427 CMS
Stryker Corporation $14.25 08/16/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 806466431 CMS
Stryker Corporation $74.67 10/06/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 806466433 CMS
Stryker Corporation $15.63 10/25/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 806466437 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $145.43 07/08/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 833989119 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, 2019, 2020, 2021
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2021_P01232026_01102026.csv

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