Behrooz Akbarnia
Orthopaedic Surgery · la Jolla, CANPI 1457316374
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,572,935 of the $2,626,700 with a category attached, or 98.0%. Globus Medical accounts for 82.1% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $977,361 and has fallen 72.9% since, to $264,595 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 117 payments — averaging $22,450 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$2.2M
- Stryker$356K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$55K
- Viseon, Inc.$29K
- VB Spine LLC$29K
- Si-bone, Inc.$185
- plus $443 from 4 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $2866.27 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Viseon, Inc.$20K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,572,93598%
- Consulting fees$43,1502%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,0600%
- Travel & lodging$400%
- Food & beverage$1,5290%
- Ownership interest$4,9850%
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(2 entities) | 50 | $2,157,404 |
| Stryker | 22 | $355,879 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 26 | $55,040 |
| Viseon, Inc. | 10 | $29,119 |
| VB Spine LLC | 3 | $28,630 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $185 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $162 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- MAGEC Spinal Bracing and Distraction System$857,979
- MAGEC$555,716
- CoRoent$412,273
- RELINE$372,358
- NILE ALTERNATIVE FIXATION SYSTEM$219,779
- NILE$145,368
- EXPEDIUM$55,040
- Voyant System$24,935
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$19,191
- MaxView System - Lateral Set$4,060
- iGA$180
- N/A$171
- Other - Miscellaneous$162
- Mariner Deformity$137
How this compares
$2,626,700 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,808 orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
Other orthopaedic surgery in la Jolla
- Robert Eastlackla Jolla$3.9M
- James Bruffeyla Jolla$1.1M
- Bradford HackArcadia$18.3M
- Robert GorabOrange$13.6M
- Kelly VinceLos Angeles$9.6M
- Stephen HowellSacramento$9.4M
- Thomas CoonRed Bluff$9.2M
- Nirav AminPlacentia$5.6M
- Tom NorrisSan Francisco$5.3M
- Jay LiebermanLos Angeles$4.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.