Andrew Alvarez, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Orlando, FLNPI 1699164376
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 196 payments — averaging $249.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$23K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$10K
- Stryker$6K
- Cerapedics Inc.$4K
- VB Spine LLC$3K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$429
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5005%
- Travel & lodging$13,39947%
- Food & beverage$12,40543%
- Education$1,2774%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 26 | $23,210 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 24 | $10,285 |
| Stryker | 47 | $5,616 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 9 | $3,578 |
| VB Spine LLC | 21 | $3,309 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 3 | $429 |
| Next Science LLC | 3 | $376 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $350 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $231 |
| Globus Medical | 7 | $162 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $152 |
| Corelink, LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $114 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 4 | $101 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $78 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Vertex | 2 | $54 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $52 |
| Nanovis LLC | 1 | $51 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $34 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$8,989
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$3,323
- MONTEREY AL$1,919
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,320
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$911
- SERRATO$886
- PRODISC C VIVO$383
- Xperience$376
- BlastX$376
- O-ARM$370
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$351
- AVIATOR$334
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$332
- TRITANIUM PL$286
- ESCALATE$279
- CANYON RETRACTOR SYSTEMS$252
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$249
- SurgX$247
- VBOSS$217
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$209
How this compares
$48,888 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 | 19 | $221 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 34 | $191 |
| Ibuprofen | 14 | $123 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $119 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Orlando
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Sean McFaddenOrlando$4.1M
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$35M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31.4M
- David WatsonTemple Terrace$21M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.3M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.8M
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.