Product Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Altera

Device Spine/Spine Surgery

PDI 00889095258356

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General payments

$355,474

380 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Through program year 2025, $355,474 in general payments and $0 in research payments were reported against Altera (Spine/Spine Surgery).

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

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Year Kind Amount Payments
2025 General $355,474 380

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program year 2025
  1. Globus Medical, Inc. $355,474 380 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2025
  1. Paul McAfee Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Baltimore, MD $56,410 16% · 6 payments
  2. Steve Chang Neurological Surgery · Chandler, AZ $56,141 16% · 4 payments
  3. Farhan Siddiqi Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Odessa, FL $56,141 16% · 4 payments
  4. Paul Kim Neurological Surgery · Charlotte, NC $56,141 16% · 4 payments
  5. Aziz Basem Qandah Neurological Surgery · New Hartford, NY $56,141 16% · 4 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2025.

The top 25 recipients, free in the app

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2025
  1. Neurological Surgery $230,769 65% · 85 practitioners
  2. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $118,749 33% · 75 practitioners
  3. Orthopaedic Surgery $3,553 1% · 39 practitioners
  4. Physician Assistant $883 <1% · 19 practitioners
  5. Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner $246 <1% · 6 practitioners

The top 5 of 15 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product 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 $112,807 32% · 12 recipients
  2. New York $57,307 16% · 23 recipients
  3. Maryland $57,224 16% · 5 recipients
  4. North Carolina $56,316 16% · 5 recipients
  5. Arizona $56,285 16% · 7 recipients

The top 5 of 33 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2025 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

380 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2025

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