Cheng-Lun Soo, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1013912617
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $200,516 of the $327,287 with a category attached, or 61.3%. Medtronic accounts for 73.1% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $177,928 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $322 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in OK 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 229 payments — averaging $1429.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$239K
- Flospine LLC$44K
- Si-bone, Inc.$27K
- Nexus Spine, LLC$9K
- Alevio, LLC$4K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- plus $2K from 21 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $1330.00 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.
- Medtronic$5K
- Si-bone, Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$200,51661%
- Consulting fees$44,80014%
- Travel & lodging$8,0622%
- Food & beverage$5,7662%
- Gifts$4610%
- Entertainment$2450%
- Other$67,43721%
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(2 entities) | 31 | $239,343 |
| Flospine LLC | 13 | $43,812 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 60 | $27,220 |
| Nexus Spine, LLC | 26 | $9,278 |
| Alevio, LLC | 1 | $4,000 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 13 | $1,678 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 42 | $490 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $472 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $172 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 4 | $150 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $81 |
| Abbott | 3 | $80 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $69 |
| Vertex | 3 | $60 |
| Nanohive Medical LLC | 1 | $60 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- nanoLOCK-C$36,916
- Panama Anterior Cervical Plate System$31,018
- nanoLOCK-L$30,521
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$19,400
- PressOn$8,821
- Key Lift Intralaminar Expandable System$8,000
- iFuse Implant$6,026
- SiCure$4,000
- KeyLift Interlaminar Expandable System$2,000
- KeyLift Intralaminar Expandable Cage System$1,778
- ADAPTIVESTIM$1,371
- KeyLift Intralaminar Expandable System$1,016
- Other - Miscellaneous$821
- Intracept$443
- INTELLIS$395
- MULTIPLE$291
- SQUADRON$117
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$102
How this compares
$327,287 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 21 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Oklahoma.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 265 | $126,075 |
| ProlateOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $40,860 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 600 | $18,499 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 25 | $10,295 |
| Gabapentin | 243 | $2,465 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 41 | $2,405 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 113 | $1,863 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 107 | $1,855 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 154 | $1,317 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 49 | $720 |
| Baclofen | 55 | $606 |
| Pregabalin | 54 | $560 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 38 | $471 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 68 | $457 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 20 | $419 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Forte Bio-pharma LLCProlate | $490 | $40,86014 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 21 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Oklahoma.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Oklahoma City
- Winston FongOklahoma City$758K
- Brett BralyOklahoma City$279K
- Jeffrey MooreOklahoma City$198K
- Kevin WileyOklahoma City$39K
- Cody GriffinOklahoma City$21K
- Cameron ShiraziOklahoma City$15K
- Santaram VallurupalliOklahoma City$5K
- Scott de la GarzaOklahoma City$4K
- Timothy PuckettOklahoma City$130
- Jeffrey SchimandleOklahoma City$17
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.