Alexander Satin
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Plano, TXNPI 1942628227
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Degen Medical, Inc. at 48.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $37,610, 2.9 times the $13,175 reported in 2019.
Across 187 payments — averaging $442.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Degen Medical, Inc.$40K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$14K
- Globus Medical$12K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$3K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- plus $8K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$10,44313%
- Consulting fees$36,86945%
- Grants$8,00010%
- Travel & lodging$13,85817%
- Food & beverage$13,46816%
- Entertainment$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 41 | $40,305 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 10 | $14,335 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 35 | $11,701 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 5 | $3,677 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 6 | $2,640 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 24 | $1,975 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 22 | $1,552 |
| Circinus Medical Technology LLC | 2 | $1,397 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $1,303 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 1 | $725 |
| Stryker | 3 | $432 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $264 |
| 4web, Inc. | 3 | $260 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $226 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $223 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 2 | $203 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 2 | $190 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $179 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $163 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $151 |
| Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC | 1 | $142 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Biogennix, LLC | 1 | $74 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $51 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $35 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $29 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $21 |
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.
- ALIF$26,231
- PRODISC L$14,012
- Cervical Stand Alone$3,450
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,354
- SOLAR$2,156
- MagnetOs$1,809
- Bolt Navigation$1,397
- XLIF$1,352
- EXPEDIUM$1,050
- Xvision$862
- NorthStar$542
- 7D Surgical System$500
- MazorX - Renaissance$409
- BONESCALPEL & SONICONE (O.R.)$264
- PAINTEQ$226
- DIVERGENCE-L ANTERIOR/OBLIQUE LUMBAR FUSION SYSTEM$194
- ACP$181
- ACCULIF$174
- VISTASEAL$163
- EVARREST$163
How this compares
$82,657 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 41 | $596 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 24 | $182 |
| Methocarbamol | 22 | $175 |
| Gabapentin | 46 | $163 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $82 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Plano
- Michael ObrienPlano$1M
- Scott BlumenthalPlano$833K
- Richard GuyerPlano$758K
- Ralph RashbaumPlano$616K
- Mark ValentePlano$411K
- Jessica ShellockPlano$264K
- Anthony OwusuPlano$149K
- Kendall CarllPlano$138K
- Renato BositaPlano$51K
- Randall DryerAustin$2.9M
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.