Manufacturer or GPO Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Spinal Elements, Inc.

CA, United States

CMS manufacturer 100000010427

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General payments

$4,543,949

4,270 payments

Research payments

$6,471,882

525 payments

Ownership & investment interest

$0

None reported

Through program year 2025, Spinal Elements, Inc. reported paying $4,543,949 in general payments and $6,471,882 in research payments to U.S. physicians, teaching hospitals and other recipients.

No combined total These are different kinds of money, reported under different rules. A meal and a clinical trial grant do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them.

By program year

10 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2025 General $46,110 567
2025 Research $3,604,953 179
2024 General $50,591 850
2024 Research $1,279,026 182
2023 General $42,516 536
2023 Research $1,587,902 164
2022 General $1,321,341 752
2021 General $1,464,555 738
2020 General $1,036,416 395
2019 General $582,419 432

Breakdown

Top recipients General payments · program year 2025
  1. Ryan Johnson Neurological Surgery · Normal, IL $2,407 35 payments
  2. Ernest Braxton Neurological Surgery · Edwards, CO $2,157 25 payments
  3. Neelakantan Anand Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Los Angeles, CA $1,781 21 payments
  4. Jeffrey Smith Orthopaedic Surgery · Birmingham, AL $1,393 20 payments
  5. Stephen Chung Anesthesiology · Phoenix, AZ $1,163 12 payments
  6. Vikram Mayuran Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Phoenix, AZ $963 9 payments
  7. Charles Gordon Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Daphne, AL $963 9 payments
  8. Kristy Barrentine Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Medicine · Daphne, AL $932 8 payments
  9. Aaron Creek Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Miramar Beach, FL $917 10 payments
  10. Samuel Kim Neurological Surgery · Mesa, AZ $905 7 payments
Top research recipients Research payments · program year 2025
  1. James Robinson Neurological Surgery · Atlanta, GA $2,193,699 2 payments
  2. Hyun Bae Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Santa Monica, CA $248,576 4 payments
  3. Alexander Vaccaro Orthopaedic Surgery · Philadelphia, PA $227,323 12 payments
  4. Ramin Raiszadeh Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · San Diego, CA $183,283 18 payments
  5. Max Lee Neurological Surgery · Milwaukee, WI $182,402 10 payments
  6. Krzysztof Siemionow Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Homer Glen, IL $92,459 4 payments
  7. Ashish Sahai Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Boca Raton, FL $80,856 8 payments
  8. Richard Fessler Neurological Surgery · Chicago, IL $49,517 7 payments
  9. Ernest Braxton Neurological Surgery · Edwards, CO $44,450 5 payments
  10. Todd Alamin Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Stanford, CA $31,141 4 payments
Products the payments named General payments · program year 2025
  1. Medical Device Orthopaedic $46,110 100% · 231 recipients

Each share is of this company’s general payments naming a product in 2025. A payment can name up to five products, so these amounts overlap.

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2025
  1. Neurological Surgery $16,737 36% · 80 practitioners
  2. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $14,562 32% · 65 practitioners
  3. Orthopaedic Surgery $9,138 20% · 39 practitioners
  4. Anesthesiology $1,163 3% · 1 practitioner
  5. Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner $932 2% · 1 practitioner

The top 5 of 26 specialties; each share is of this company’s general payments to practitioners with a specialty in 2025. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

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Where the money went General payments · program year 2025
  1. Florida $6,514 14% · 24 recipients
  2. Arizona $5,106 11% · 15 recipients
  3. Texas $4,940 11% · 28 recipients
  4. Illinois $4,464 10% · 9 recipients
  5. Alabama $4,255 9% · 9 recipients

The top 5 of 32 states; each share is of this company’s general payments in 2025 where a state was reported.

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What the payments were for General payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Royalty or License $3,069,033 398 payments
  2. Consulting Fee $1,099,914 213 payments
  3. Food and Beverage $283,387 3,459 payments
  4. Travel and Lodging $82,942 71 payments
  5. Entertainment $7,918 125 payments
  6. Gift $482 1 payment
  7. Honoraria $273 3 payments
Companies with a similar name General payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Spinal Simplicity, LLC KS, United States $6,267,264
  2. Spinal Surgical Strategies LLC NV, United States $25,402
  3. Spinal Balance Inc OH, United States $193

Grouped by name only. CMS publishes no corporate ownership, so a shared name does not mean a shared parent.

4,270 general · 525 research

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