Andrew Paterson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1447203831
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 127 payments — averaging $116.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Medtronic$575
- Highridge Medical LLC$473
- plus $750 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,95261%
- Food & beverage$5,78839%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 47 | $5,517 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 23 | $3,879 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 8 | $2,247 |
| Arthrex | 22 | $1,299 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $575 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 2 | $473 |
| Alliance Medical | 2 | $428 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $180 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $30 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $21 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$3,373
- CREO$1,058
- N/A$984
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$899
- Other - Miscellaneous$668
- Excelsius - GPS$475
- The Tether$440
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$328
- XLIF$185
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$142
- Sable$141
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$136
- nanoLOCK-L$134
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$134
- Excelsius Robotics System$128
- Pulse$123
- CANYON RETRACTOR SYSTEMS$122
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$121
- XIA 3$104
- Excelsius Spine 1.1$103
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New Mexicoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 21 | $273 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Albuquerque
- Douglas OrndorffAlbuquerque$1.4M
- Mark CrawfordAlbuquerque$66K
- Umesh MetkarAlbuquerque$23K
- Urvij ModhiaAlbuquerque$22K
- Matthew PollardLas Cruces$11K
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.