Christopher Elia, DO
Neurological Surgery · Royal Oak, MINPI 1386081677
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $20,500 of the $34,039 with a category attached, or 60.2%. Alphatec Spine, Inc accounts for 66.9% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $20,256, more than ten times the $335 reported in 2019.
Across 126 payments — averaging $270.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$23K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$5K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Medtronic$727
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,50060%
- Travel & lodging$7,59422%
- Food & beverage$5,94517%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 24 | $22,769 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 20 | $4,908 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 12 | $1,635 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,473 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 11 | $1,141 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $727 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $205 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $169 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $143 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $135 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $118 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $89 |
| Longeviti Neuro Solutions Inc | 1 | $70 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $52 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Amgen | 2 | $38 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Surgenex LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$17,988
- SafeOp$7,250
- Hollywood NanoMetalene$2,250
- Mariner$1,223
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$937
- NEWBRIDGE$828
- M6-C$828
- Meridian$716
- Excelsius - GPS$330
- CORBEL$327
- Invictus MIS$253
- Shoreline ACS$169
- aprevo$169
- XIA 3$164
- AVS PL$164
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$164
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$151
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$143
- ELSA$140
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$139
How this compares
$34,039 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 256 neurological surgery providers in Michigan.
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 | 30 | $487 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $236 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $97 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Royal Oak
- Daniel FahimRoyal Oak$525K
- Ratnesh MehraRoyal Oak$17K
- Frank LamarcaAnn Arbor$4.8M
- Justin SingerGrand Rapids$944K
- Jayant JagannathanTroy$685K
- Timothy SpencerBattle Creek$543K
- Daniel OrringerAnn Arbor$500K
- Vittorio MorrealeShelby Twp$439K
- Noojan KazemiAnn Arbor$406K
- Azam BasheerDetroit$405K
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.