Southern Spine, LLC: payments to doctors
Reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act for Open Payments program years 2019–2025. Figures group every CMS reporting entity belonging to this corporate parent.
- Total reported
- $551K
- Providers paid
- 34
- Transactions
- 70
- Average per transaction
- $7,878
The average per transaction — $7,878 — is the number worth reading. A large total spread across hundreds of thousands of transactions is a company buying a great many modest meals at educational presentations. A large total across few transactions means consulting, speaking or royalty arrangements with a small number of physicians. The totals alone do not distinguish them.
Where the money went
| State | Total reported | Share |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | $180,408 | 32.7% |
| Texas | $163,112 | 29.6% |
| Indiana | $84,514 | 15.3% |
| Arkansas | $37,091 | 6.7% |
| Kansas | $19,125 | 3.5% |
| Rhode Island | $14,092 | 2.6% |
| Florida | $11,709 | 2.1% |
| Nevada | $7,750 | 1.4% |
| Maryland | $7,689 | 1.4% |
| Oklahoma | $6,287 | 1.1% |
| Virginia | $6,022 | 1.1% |
| Idaho | $2,500 | 0.5% |
| Wisconsin | $2,385 | 0.4% |
| California | $2,200 | 0.4% |
| Colorado | $2,000 | 0.4% |
| Arizona | $2,000 | 0.4% |
| Michigan | $1,317 | 0.2% |
| New York | $1,250 | 0.2% |
| Georgia | $0 | 0.0% |