Akachimere Uzosike
Orthopedic Surgery · Baltimore, MDNPI 1366833659
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $8,343 of the $11,966 with a category attached, or 69.7%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 52.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $7,235 and has fallen 94.0% since, to $431 in 2025.
Across 73 payments — averaging $163.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Medtronic$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Synthes GmbH$916
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$845
- Si-bone, Inc.$328
- plus $573 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,34370%
- Food & beverage$3,62330%
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 | 33 | $6,324 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $1,913 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 8 | $1,067 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $916 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $845 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $328 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $191 |
| VB Spine LLC | 3 | $154 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $86 |
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$2,189
- N/A$1,808
- AERO-LL$1,712
- CD HORIZON$843
- 7D Surgical System$826
- CREO MIS Stabilization System$361
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$255
- PCM$202
- GRAFTONAND GRAFTON PLUSDEMINERALIZED BONE MATRIX (DBM)$187
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$159
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$159
- UNID_PASS$154
- ACP$151
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$146
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$146
How this compares
$11,966 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 24 orthopedic surgery providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 27 | $48 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 14 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Baltimore
- Jason KinneyBaltimore$22K
- Ranjit VargheseBaltimore$0
- Louis HalikmanBaltimore$0
- Christopher CannovaBethesda$1.6M
- Craig MillerBethesda$72K
- Mark PetersonRockville$13K
- James MurphyGlen Burnie$2K
- Andrew SiekanowiczSilver Spring$2K
- Benjamin KnoxEaston$2K
- Olumuyiwa PaulGlenn Dale$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.