Abhiram Gande
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · San Diego, CANPI 1730508979
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (52.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 55.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,285 and has fallen 94.6% since, to $551 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $17,657.
Across 82 payments — averaging $187.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$8K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Empire Medical, Inc$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$862
- Johnson & Johnson$556
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$8,00052%
- Travel & lodging$2,62617%
- Food & beverage$3,41122%
- Education$1,2998%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 9 | $8,480 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $1,359 |
| Stryker | 16 | $1,283 |
| Empire Medical, Inc | 2 | $1,208 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 7 | $862 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $556 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $456 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $173 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $155 |
| Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC | 1 | $142 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $133 |
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $99 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $79 |
| Maxx Health Inc | 2 | $48 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $20 |
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.
- EXPEDIUM$1,250
- MAKO$650
- XLIF$274
- HEMOX$168
- INSIGNIA$146
- MazorX - Renaissance$143
- M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc$136
- Intracept$128
- SKYLINE$125
- ACIS$125
- REFORM TI MODULAR$125
- INTELLIS$124
- iFuse Implant$121
How this compares
$15,337 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 288 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in California.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 165 | $867 |
| Methylprednisolone | 120 | $655 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 33 | $478 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 51 | $367 |
| Meloxicam | 29 | $83 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $49 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in San Diego
- Choll KimSan Diego$4M
- Ramin RaiszadehSan Diego$785K
- Jean-Jacques AbitbolSan Diego$595K
- Oliver TannousSan Diego$566K
- Richard AllenSan Diego$471K
- Neil TayyabSan Diego$283K
- Vinko ZlomislicSan Diego$206K
- Hyun BaeSanta Monica$56.8M
- Stacey BedermanOrange$3.7M
- Gregory Mundisla Jolla$3.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.