Product Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc

Device Cervicothoracic

PDI 00843285100009

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General payments

$668,306

2,761 payments

Research payments

$1,793,863

765 payments

Through program year 2025, $668,306 in general payments and $1,793,863 in research payments were reported against Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc (Cervicothoracic).

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 $167,374 603
2025 Research $274,206 111
2024 General $111,554 434
2024 Research $250,309 121
2023 General $154,106 738
2023 Research $449,548 210
2022 General $132,766 758
2022 Research $520,495 209
2021 General $102,506 228
2021 Research $299,305 114

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2021–2025
  1. NuVasive, Inc. $389,379 1,724 payments
  2. Globus Medical, Inc. $278,928 1,037 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2025
  1. Scott Blumenthal Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Plano, TX $27,775 17% · 3 payments
  2. Stephen Ryu Neurological Surgery · Stanford, CA $22,221 13% · 7 payments
  3. Hyun Bae Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Santa Monica, CA $12,375 7% · 4 payments
  4. William Smith Neurological Surgery · Las Vegas, NV $12,188 7% · 2 payments
  5. Keneth Strenge Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Paducah, KY $8,250 5% · 1 payment

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. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $69,955 42% · 82 practitioners
  2. Neurological Surgery $58,719 35% · 108 practitioners
  3. Orthopaedic Surgery $33,503 20% · 77 practitioners
  4. Physician Assistant $1,858 1% · 36 practitioners
  5. Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner $674 <1% · 10 practitioners

The top 5 of 17 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.

The top 25 specialties, free in the app

Where the money went General payments · program year 2025
  1. California $54,402 33% · 84 recipients
  2. Texas $33,959 20% · 28 recipients
  3. Nevada $12,361 7% · 3 recipients
  4. Florida $8,885 5% · 14 recipients
  5. Kentucky $8,365 5% · 2 recipients

The top 5 of 36 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

2,761 general · 765 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2025

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