Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

Tlif

Device Spine/Spine Surgery

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General payments

$2,942,170

1,578 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Through program year 2020, $2,942,170 in general payments and $0 in research payments were reported against Tlif (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

2 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2020 General $1,234,956 532
2019 General $1,707,214 1,046

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. NuVasive, Inc. $2,942,170 1,578 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. Antoine Tohmeh Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Spokane, WA $262,795 21% · 12 payments
  2. P Ronjon Paul Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Naperville, IL $259,554 21% · 32 payments
  3. Christopher Shaffrey Neurological Surgery · Durham, NC $112,622 9% · 1 payment
  4. Adam Kanter Neurological Surgery · Pittsburgh, PA $110,680 9% · 2 payments
  5. David Okonkwo Neurological Surgery · Pittsburgh, PA $109,491 9% · 3 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020.

The top 25 recipients, free in the app

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2020
  1. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $697,891 57% · 63 practitioners
  2. Neurological Surgery $464,102 38% · 90 practitioners
  3. Orthopaedic Surgery $70,909 6% · 41 practitioners
  4. Interventional Pain Medicine Pain Medicine $589 <1% · 1 practitioner
  5. Surgery $294 <1% · 2 practitioners

The top 5 of 16 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2020. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

The top 25 specialties, free in the app

Where the money went General payments · program year 2020
  1. Illinois $286,050 23% · 11 recipients
  2. Washington $263,161 21% · 2 recipients
  3. Pennsylvania $220,447 18% · 7 recipients
  4. Virginia $115,724 9% · 6 recipients
  5. California $84,952 7% · 25 recipients

The top 5 of 36 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

1,578 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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