Arash Sayari, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Chicago, ILNPI 1760837249
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (55.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 44.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $97,482 and has fallen 67.7% since, to $31,453 in 2025.
Across 217 payments — averaging $800.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$77K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$39K
- Globus Medical$26K
- Augmedics Inc.$9K
- Stryker$8K
- Zavation Medical Products, LLC$6K
- plus $9K from 21 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $10,263 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.
- Carlsmed, Inc.$21K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$39,35023%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,2001%
- Grants$95,75055%
- Travel & lodging$26,17215%
- Food & beverage$10,9126%
- Education$2020%
- Gifts$340%
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 | 32 | $77,093 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 51 | $38,687 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 34 | $25,860 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 9 | $9,409 |
| Stryker | 16 | $7,650 |
| Zavation Medical Products, LLC | 16 | $5,537 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $2,375 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $1,340 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 4 | $1,247 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 4 | $631 |
| Aurora Spine, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 8 | $456 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $441 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $431 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 1 | $380 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $302 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $173 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $170 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $168 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 2 | $166 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $163 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $129 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Theradaptive, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$75,000
- Xvision$46,758
- MYSPINE$29,042
- MECTALIF$6,450
- ELEOS LIMB SALVAGE SYSTEM$2,375
- Excelsius Robotics System$2,359
- Mecta-C Cervical Cages$2,000
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,348
- Mariner$988
- NorthStar$988
- XLIF$972
- O-ARM$936
- TLIF$541
- MEGA PLUS MIS SPINE SYSTEM$500
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$326
- Other - Miscellaneous$321
- Pulse$265
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$227
- Mobi-C$202
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$189
How this compares
$173,620 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 129 | $961 |
| Celecoxib | 22 | $460 |
| Methylprednisolone | 57 | $330 |
| Meloxicam | 77 | $313 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 42 | $305 |
| Gabapentin | 33 | $227 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $76 |
| Cefadroxil | 17 | $74 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 16 | $74 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $31 |
| Diazepam | 25 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Chicago
- Frank PhillipsChicago$3.9M
- Kern SinghChicago$1.3M
- Christopher DewaldChicago$1.2M
- Matthew ColmanChicago$334K
- Michael LeeChicago$107K
- Gregory LopezChicago$88K
- Howard AnChicago$82K
- Purnendu GuptaChicago$33K
- Karan PatelChicago$13K
- Neil MohileChicago$8K
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.