Anis Mekhail, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Palos Heights, ILNPI 1700884723
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $435,604 of the $497,753 with a category attached, or 87.5%. Spinecraft, LLC accounts for 75.3% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $116,180 and has fallen 62.3% since, to $43,763 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in IL 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 180 payments — averaging $2765.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spinecraft, LLC$375K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$91K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$21K
- Zimvie Inc.$3K
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- plus $5K from 14 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $665,383 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Spinecraft, LLC$4M
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$435,60488%
- Consulting fees$47,0089%
- Travel & lodging$8,8862%
- Food & beverage$4,2901%
- Education$270%
- Entertainment$1550%
- Other$1,7820%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spinecraft, LLC | 35 | $374,667 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 47 | $91,332 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 30 | $21,118 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 10 | $2,841 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 13 | $1,886 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $1,156 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $1,093 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,058 |
| Corelink, LLC | 5 | $924 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $620 |
| Innovasis Inc | 3 | $311 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $206 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $160 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 3 | $143 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $38 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Stryker | 1 | $34 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Abbott | 1 | $27 |
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.
- ASTRA Spine System$350,159
- ORIO$340,162
- AIM$224,855
- APEX Spine System$185,517
- ACP System$185,517
- ACP$164,642
- AIM System$125,303
- NewPort$68,060
- ORIO-3D$18,008
- FORZA$11,763
- FORZA PTC Spacer System$7,255
- FORZA PEEK Spacer System$7,255
- Biomet SpinalPak Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System$2,735
- FORZA XP Expandable Spacer System$2,684
- Shoreline$2,195
- STREAMLINE TL SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM$1,511
- Physio-Stim$1,509
- Mariner$1,319
- Vu aPOD Prime$1,250
- COFLEX INTERLAMINAR TECHNOLOGY, 10MM$1,021
How this compares
$497,753 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Illinois.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $128 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $51 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Palos Heights
- William EarmanPalos Heights$336
- Frank PhillipsChicago$3.9M
- Kern SinghChicago$1.3M
- Christopher DewaldChicago$1.2M
- P Ronjon PaulNaperville$908K
- Philip MeinhardtQuincy$507K
- Matthew ColmanChicago$334K
- Mir AliMorris$329K
- Krzysztof SiemionowHomer Glen$290K
- Arash SayariChicago$174K
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.