Christina Ottomeyer
Orthopaedic Surgery · Thornton, CONPI 1073931705
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (47.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Centinel Spine, LLC at 37.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $15,648 and has fallen 70.7% since, to $4,579 in 2025.
Across 147 payments — averaging $220.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Centinel Spine, LLC$12K
- Globus Medical$10K
- Stryker$2K
- Sioux Surgical Inc$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$2K
- Cerapedics Inc.$2K
- plus $3K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,40532%
- Travel & lodging$15,32947%
- Food & beverage$6,69921%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 15 | $12,140 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 32 | $9,609 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 23 | $2,309 |
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 9 | $2,188 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 13 | $1,889 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 11 | $1,699 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $1,039 |
| VB Spine LLC | 7 | $454 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $295 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $219 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $185 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 2 | $119 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Expanding Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 2 | $33 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 3 | $31 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $18 |
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.
- PRODISC L$11,794
- RISE-L$1,928
- FORTIFY$1,896
- Excelsius - GPS$1,717
- ALTERA$1,297
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$1,159
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$1,095
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$907
- Quartex$788
- CREO MIS$636
- MAKO$537
- ALIF$374
- CD HORIZON$294
- iFuse Implant$273
- ELSA$253
- OsteoAMP$205
- MazorX - Renaissance$172
- HEMOX$168
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$140
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$134
How this compares
$32,434 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 383 orthopaedic surgery providers in Colorado.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 31 | $214 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $129 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $90 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $55 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $31 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Thornton
- Jacob RumleyThornton$179K
- Oscar NoelThornton$45K
- Joel MattaVail$21M
- Douglas DennisDenver$16.8M
- Brian HaasDenver$5.1M
- Theodore SchlegelGreenwood Village$5M
- Charlie YangDenver$3.6M
- Robert GreenhowLone Tree$2.8M
- David LoucksLone Tree$2.7M
- Robert BessGreenwood Village$1.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.