Anthony Russo, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Great Falls, MTNPI 1164402707
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.9%), royalties or licence payments and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 73.2% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 283 payments — averaging $1017.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$211K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$50K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$20K
- Surgentec$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Mirus, LLC$2K
- plus $1K from 7 others
Across 26 payments — averaging $6914.58 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$179K
- Globus Medical$945
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$62,36422%
- Consulting fees$161,08256%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,9257%
- Travel & lodging$36,57213%
- Food & beverage$6,7952%
- Education$990%
- Entertainment$1270%
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 | 195 | $210,689 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 39 | $50,330 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 27 | $19,995 |
| Surgentec | 1 | $2,250 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $1,813 |
| Mirus, LLC | 2 | $1,566 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 7 | $1,023 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $94 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $82 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $26 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Precision TLIF$45,630
- Trinity ELITE$37,256
- Graft Delivery$30,229
- TROCH NAIL$27,743
- InstaFill$22,027
- TLIF$13,613
- Autobahn$12,595
- Excelsius - GPS$12,547
- CREO MCS, Fenestrated, Sideloading$10,520
- CREO$10,513
- Quartex$5,036
- EXCELSIUS$5,000
- Collage Osteoconductive Scaffold$4,665
- VersaShield$4,665
- Trinity Evolution$4,665
- AlloQuent Structural Allograft$4,665
- Strand$4,625
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$4,402
- 3D GraftRasp System$2,250
- CD HORIZON$1,708
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Montanato 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 25 | $362 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $166 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Great Falls
- Paul MillerGreat Falls$32K
- Anthony RoccisanoBillings$80K
- Benjamin BraunBillings$21K
- Edward CurryHelena$11K
- Steven SpethBozeman$81
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.