Spine Wave, 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
- $4.2M
- Providers paid
- 698
- Transactions
- 4,060
- Average per transaction
- $1,043
The average per transaction — $1,043 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | $1,141,009 | 26.9% |
| California | $681,182 | 16.1% |
| Arizona | $493,676 | 11.7% |
| Florida | $405,262 | 9.6% |
| Tennessee | $309,332 | 7.3% |
| Massachusetts | $303,207 | 7.2% |
| New York | $114,554 | 2.7% |
| Georgia | $96,948 | 2.3% |
| District of Columbia | $93,249 | 2.2% |
| Virginia | $77,502 | 1.8% |
| Michigan | $75,130 | 1.8% |
| Connecticut | $59,010 | 1.4% |
| Texas | $57,152 | 1.3% |
| Louisiana | $45,191 | 1.1% |
| Pennsylvania | $39,987 | 0.9% |
| Kentucky | $36,877 | 0.9% |
| Maryland | $35,738 | 0.8% |
| Oregon | $32,896 | 0.8% |
| Illinois | $32,094 | 0.8% |
| Oklahoma | $26,537 | 0.6% |
| Missouri | $20,407 | 0.5% |
| New Jersey | $10,416 | 0.2% |
| Iowa | $8,854 | 0.2% |
| New Hampshire | $6,980 | 0.2% |
| Nevada | $6,306 | 0.1% |
| Colorado | $5,658 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | $5,374 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $4,207 | 0.1% |
| Alabama | $2,886 | 0.1% |
| South Carolina | $2,183 | 0.1% |
| Ohio | $1,926 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | $1,629 | 0.0% |
| Washington | $1,394 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $350 | 0.0% |
| Utah | $254 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | $170 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $123 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $58 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $51 | 0.0% |
| Kansas | $41 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $24 | 0.0% |