Ali Mortazavi, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Austell, GANPI 1609863802
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $106,163 of the $114,679 with a category attached, or 92.6%. Globus Medical accounts for 96.6% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $42,880 and has fallen 96.7% since, to $1,431 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 100 payments — averaging $1146.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$111K
- Spineology Inc.$2K
- Xtant Medical Inc$562
- Boston Scientific$387
- BD$180
- Bioventus LLC$150
- plus $761 from 8 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $19,883 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- 4web, Inc.$139K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$106,16393%
- Travel & lodging$1,6071%
- Food & beverage$6,9096%
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 | 77 | $110,817 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $1,822 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 3 | $562 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $387 |
| BD | 1 | $180 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $150 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $150 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 2 | $122 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $121 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $106 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Amgen | 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.
- INDEPENDENCE$106,490
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$1,822
- Sable$554
- FORTRESS$456
- CITADEL$339
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$299
- Colosseum$286
- HemoSphere$180
- Beacon$170
- CANOPY$169
- Hedron$166
- RISE$160
- AFFIRM$156
- ELSA$147
- CREO 5.5$146
- VIP SYSTEM$143
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$132
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$131
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$128
- MARS$127
How this compares
$114,679 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 171 | $1,573 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 211 | $1,328 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 61 | $765 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 64 | $530 |
| Naproxen | 91 | $484 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 28 | $315 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 72 | $313 |
| Pregabalin | 23 | $261 |
| Meloxicam | 65 | $223 |
| Ibuprofen | 19 | $163 |
| Methocarbamol | 17 | $124 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $91 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 12 | $88 |
| Amoxicillin | 24 | $79 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 15 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Austell
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
- Dennis DevitoAtlanta$1.5M
- Jon MinterAlpharetta$1.2M
- George GuildCumming$987K
- William TallyAthens$870K
- Julian PriceAthens$805K
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.