Knee replacement volume in Gastonia, North Carolina

50 clinicians CMS lists under Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, or Hand Surgery billed at least one knee replacement in Gastonia in the June 2026 release.

Clinicians

Clinician	Knee replacements billed	Percentile rank
Howard Homesley, MD	213	99%
Ronald Singer, MD	170	98%
Benjamin Wooster	140	96%
Keith Fehring, MD	132	95%
Philip Fontenot, MD	132	95%
John Mason, MD	129	95%
Jesse Otero, MD	114	93%
Henry Thomason, MD	104	92%
Brian Curtin, MD	100	91%
Matthew Duffin, MD	98	91%
Nathan Moore, DO	89	89%
Michael Prater, DO	84	88%
James Fraser, MD	83	88%
Gregory Kurkis, MD	82	88%
Kevin Weiss, DO	78	86%
Bradley Ellison, MD	60	80%
Scott Burbank, MD	57	79%
Jason Zlotnicki, MD	57	79%
Matthew Gullickson, MD	54	77%
Alexander Boiwka, MD	52	76%
Marc Ward, MD	52	76%
Paul Lichstein, MD	48	74%
Steve Martin, MD	39	67%
Ranjan Maitra, MD	37	66%
Briggs Ahearn, MD	33	62%
Marcus Cook, MD	32	61%
Scott Smith, MD	31	60%
Ryan Bunch, DO	30	59%
Jess Kirby, MD	28	57%
Bruce Cox, MD	26	55%
Brian Delay, MD	26	55%
Andrew Ferris, DO	25	53%
Brad Freidinger	21	49%
Christopher Prato, MD	21	49%
Joseph Gentile, MD	20	47%
James Romanowski, MD	19	46%
Eric Dilbone, MD	18	44%
Michael Seel, MD	18	44%
Edward Walker Gallego, MD	17	43%
Larry Martin, MD	15	39%
Shane Tipton	15	39%
Harrison Latimer, MD	12	34%
Robert Humble, MD	11	32%
Nikkole Haines, MD	1-10	32% or below
Patrick Hayes, MD	1-10	32% or below
John Hill, MD	1-10	32% or below
Robert Keller, MD	1-10	32% or below
Robert Mcbride, MD	1-10	32% or below
Scott Oneal, MD	1-10	32% or below
Jason Silva, MD	1-10	32% or below

Sorted by the number of knee replacements billed to Medicare, highest first. This is an ordering of one published figure, not a ranking of quality, skill, or outcomes. CMS suppresses counts of 10 and below to protect patient privacy and publishes the range instead, which is not a count of zero; 7 of these clinicians carry that range.

Understanding CMS Data

These figures are based on knee replacements billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage as reported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in their June 2026 data release. The CMS data doesn't include procedures performed for patients who have other health care coverage (e.g., commercially insured, self pay, or VA). Furthermore, CMS sums up specific billing codes that cover first-time knee replacement, partial knee replacement, and revision of a previous knee replacement to calculate the total number of knee replacements. Billing variation and coding errors could potentially affect CMS's data. Therefore, the knee replacement volume data reported by CMS may be higher or lower than the actual total knee replacements performed by a clinician. We share the total knee replacement figures for the clinicians CMS lists under Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, or Hand Surgery as CMS publishes them, without alteration.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (June 2026 release).