Abhishek Kumar
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Newark, NJNPI 1033596101
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 56.5% of the total.
Across 323 payments — averaging $329.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$60K
- Medtronic$14K
- VB Spine LLC$8K
- Spineart USA Inc$7K
- Nanohive Medical LLC$4K
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$3K
- plus $10K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$59,55656%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,40014%
- Travel & lodging$16,05815%
- Food & beverage$15,97715%
- Education$4780%
- Entertainment$930%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 168 | $60,167 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 18 | $14,276 |
| VB Spine LLC | 8 | $8,380 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 11 | $6,847 |
| Nanohive Medical LLC | 2 | $4,270 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 38 | $2,974 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 19 | $1,684 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $1,477 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $1,357 |
| Mirus, LLC | 2 | $872 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 5 | $575 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $392 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $384 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 3 | $299 |
| 4web, Inc. | 3 | $184 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $180 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $176 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $167 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $152 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 2 | $151 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $140 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $140 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $134 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 2 | $131 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 3 | $95 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $68 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Acrotech Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$22,041
- TRITANIUM$14,011
- CASCADIA$12,533
- ARIA$12,531
- EVEREST XT$12,400
- ES2$12,400
- CONCERTOTM$9,200
- Vulcan Spinal System$7,895
- MVP$3,700
- ALEUTIAN$2,250
- Medical Device$1,812
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,477
- EXPEDIUM$1,357
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$857
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$857
- NAVIGATOR$770
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$751
- Xvision$742
- Biomet SpinalPak$377
- VBOSS$375
How this compares
$106,563 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 84 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New Jersey.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 49 | $399 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Newark
- Kristen RadcliffSomers Point$390K
- James SanfilippoMoorestown$380K
- Justin KubeckToms River$309K
- Ramil BhatnagarManasquan$301K
- Jason LowensteinMorristown$294K
- Steven KirshnerMarlton$226K
- Gordon DonaldEatontown$167K
- Grigory GoldbergOcean$161K
- Ki HwangWayne$147K
- James HaleTeaneck$128K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.