Ali Bagheri, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · la Jolla, CANPI 1760632947
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $57,125 of the $64,615 with a category attached, or 88.4%. Globus Medical accounts for 61.8% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $46,025 and has fallen 97.9% since, to $986 in 2025.
Across 140 payments — averaging $461.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$40K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$20K
- Viseon, Inc.$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$480
- Curiteva, Inc.$412
- Highridge Medical LLC$407
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$57,12588%
- Travel & lodging$60%
- Food & beverage$7,25811%
- Entertainment$410%
- Other$1860%
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) | 76 | $39,930 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 18 | $20,151 |
| Viseon, Inc. | 2 | $1,050 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $480 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 1 | $412 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 3 | $407 |
| EBI, LLC | 3 | $407 |
| Stryker | 3 | $347 |
| Johnson & Johnson(4 entities) | 5 | $187 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $186 |
| Paradigm Spine, LLC | 2 | $168 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $144 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $109 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 2 | $82 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $78 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $73 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $45 |
| Neo Spine USA, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $31 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- XLIF$36,990
- Atoll$5,000
- NewPort$5,000
- Shoreline$5,000
- Hollywood NanoMetalene$4,250
- Mariner$3,750
- TLIF$3,666
- Voyant System$1,050
- Biomet SpinalPak Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System$637
- SPOT Vision Screener$186
- iGA$180
- Modulus$169
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$161
- Leverage$156
- coflex$150
- TRITANIUM$149
- 7D Surgical System$149
- NorthStar$149
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$147
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$146
How this compares
$64,615 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 288 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 62 | $479 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 51 | $303 |
| Methylprednisolone | 55 | $290 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $286 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $108 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in la Jolla
- Gregory Mundisla Jolla$3.3M
- Hyun BaeSanta Monica$56.8M
- Choll KimSan Diego$4M
- Stacey BedermanOrange$3.7M
- Paul SlosarDaly City$3.1M
- Babak Barcohanavan Nuys$2.9M
- Neelakantan AnandLos Angeles$2.9M
- Sanjay KhuranaMarina del Rey$2.3M
- Neville AlleyneOceanside$2.2M
- Rick DelamarterSanta Monica$2.2M
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.