Spinal Elements, Inc.: 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
- $11M
- Providers paid
- 1,091
- Transactions
- 4,793
- Average per transaction
- $2,298
The average per transaction — $2,298 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| California | $3,443,781 | 31.3% |
| Georgia | $2,738,347 | 24.9% |
| Florida | $1,187,651 | 10.8% |
| Wisconsin | $885,794 | 8.0% |
| Pennsylvania | $871,146 | 7.9% |
| Illinois | $784,107 | 7.1% |
| Colorado | $231,882 | 2.1% |
| Texas | $199,444 | 1.8% |
| Michigan | $143,779 | 1.3% |
| Arizona | $97,505 | 0.9% |
| Massachusetts | $69,467 | 0.6% |
| Wyoming | $68,604 | 0.6% |
| Oklahoma | $52,184 | 0.5% |
| Indiana | $46,230 | 0.4% |
| North Carolina | $42,687 | 0.4% |
| Kentucky | $30,766 | 0.3% |
| New York | $28,229 | 0.3% |
| New Jersey | $15,959 | 0.1% |
| Alabama | $15,026 | 0.1% |
| Ohio | $13,930 | 0.1% |
| Louisiana | $11,785 | 0.1% |
| South Carolina | $9,199 | 0.1% |
| Maryland | $5,190 | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | $4,286 | 0.0% |
| Nevada | $2,941 | 0.0% |
| Utah | $2,369 | 0.0% |
| Virginia | $2,346 | 0.0% |
| Missouri | $1,866 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $1,618 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | $1,187 | 0.0% |
| Washington | $1,026 | 0.0% |
| Minnesota | $915 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $855 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $663 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | $619 | 0.0% |
| Kansas | $604 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $388 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $275 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $275 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $128 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $125 | 0.0% |
| AE | $114 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $106 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $104 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $97 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $67 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $55 | 0.0% |
| Connecticut | $41 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $40 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $16 | 0.0% |