Abdul Fettah Buyuk, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Columbia, MONPI 1407371545
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (52.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 58.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $20,000 and has fallen 95.8% since, to $847 in 2025.
Across 135 payments — averaging $282.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$22K
- Medtronic$7K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Degen Medical, Inc.$2K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$1K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$1K
- plus $818 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00052%
- Travel & lodging$11,26730%
- Food & beverage$4,37011%
- Education$2,5507%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 22 | $22,398 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 67 | $6,517 |
| Globus Medical | 22 | $3,860 |
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 5 | $1,921 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 5 | $1,406 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 4 | $1,268 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $241 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $143 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 2 | $122 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Abbott | 1 | $65 |
| Synaptive Medical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$1,537
- ELSA$1,468
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$1,402
- PRODISC C VIVO$1,221
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,218
- O-ARM-ST$1,078
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$451
- CORBEL$279
- UNID_PASS$252
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$241
- CLYDESDALE$151
- CellerateRx$148
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$131
- ARTIC-L 3D TI SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TIONIC TECHNOLOGY$129
- Sable$105
How this compares
$38,187 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 53 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Missouri.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 29 | $277 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $138 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $110 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $61 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Columbia
- Steven MeyerColumbia$545K
- Tyler JenkinsColumbia$56K
- Jeffrey ParkerColumbia$44K
- Robert GainesColumbia$39K
- Theodore ChomaColumbia$21K
- Don MooreColumbia$18K
- John MilesColumbia$15K
- Jason KoreckijColumbia$4K
- Nikhil JainColumbia$3K
- Thomas HighlandColumbia$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.