Andrew Blankenship, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Toledo, OHNPI 1538528567
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.8%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 40 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 52.0% of the total.
Across 558 payments — averaging $83.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$24K
- Stryker$5K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
- Si-bone, Inc.$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- plus $8K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$21,60447%
- Food & beverage$24,43253%
- Education$2591%
- Entertainment$190%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 363 | $24,086 |
| Stryker | 50 | $5,110 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 21 | $2,904 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 4 | $2,716 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 17 | $2,556 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,398 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 8 | $1,064 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 8 | $1,000 |
| Arthrex | 6 | $708 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 10 | $637 |
| Nexus Medical Technologies LLC | 3 | $594 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $428 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $297 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $296 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 4 | $246 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 2 | $209 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 5 | $187 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $160 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $146 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $145 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $140 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Amgen | 5 | $130 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $125 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $99 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $61 |
| Vertex | 3 | $60 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $32 |
| Argentum Medical | 1 | $19 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Theragen, 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.
- Intracept$3,983
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$3,105
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,646
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,957
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$1,819
- UNID_PASS$1,751
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,746
- iFuse Implant$1,585
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,370
- Teligen$1,342
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,197
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,195
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$1,189
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$753
- PRODISC L$722
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$642
- O-ARM$573
- ALIF$558
- SPACE-D SYSTEM 5.5/6.0 VOYAGER INSTRUMENT SET$556
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$552
How this compares
$46,314 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Ohio.
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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 | 184 | $1,694 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 135 | $1,240 |
| Pregabalin | 51 | $860 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 140 | $795 |
| Gabapentin | 93 | $619 |
| Celecoxib | 22 | $359 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 72 | $261 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 52 | $248 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $197 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 21 | $150 |
| Baclofen | 15 | $118 |
| Prednisone | 69 | $77 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 11 | $49 |
| Meloxicam | 24 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Toledo
- Ashok BiyaniToledo$1.2M
- Jason SavageCleveland$735K
- Jerold GurleyCleveland$649K
- Scot MillerAkron$404K
- Paul EichenseerWesterville$369K
- Haariss IlyasCleveland$314K
- Jaideep ChunduriCincinnati$264K
- Selvon St ClairLima$168K
- Daryl SybertNew Albany$148K
- James FlemingChillicothe$128K
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.