Colin Booth, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Knoxville, TNNPI 1023306057
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $36,075 of the $55,720 with a category attached, or 64.7%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Choice Spine, LLC at 46.1% of the total.
Across 136 payments — averaging $409.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Choice Spine, LLC$26K
- Highridge Medical LLC$16K
- Stryker$8K
- Medtronic$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$981
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$36,07565%
- Travel & lodging$11,59521%
- Food & beverage$5,86811%
- Education$2,1814%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Choice Spine, LLC | 12 | $25,700 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 13 | $15,663 |
| Stryker | 47 | $8,377 |
| Medtronic | 15 | $1,917 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 6 | $1,568 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 13 | $981 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 6 | $364 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $281 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 2 | $268 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 3 | $216 |
| 7d Surgical Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $79 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Boomerang$17,463
- Tiger Shark C$15,663
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$15,406
- Polaris 4.75 Spinal System$14,700
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$6,381
- Stratofuse$5,988
- Blackhawk Cervical Spacer System$5,813
- Thunderbolt Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw Systems$5,625
- Tiger Shark$3,935
- VEO Lateral Interbody Fusion System$3,375
- Triton$3,375
- Lancer Pedicle Screw System$3,150
- Raven Lumbar Plate System$3,063
- Harpoon Lumbar Spacer System$2,250
- TIGERSHARK C$1,800
- Harrier SA Lumbar Interbody System$1,800
- Blackhawk$1,685
- Blackbird$1,685
- Tomcat$1,685
- VEO$1,685
How this compares
$55,720 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 51 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Tennessee.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 36 | $2,220 |
| Methocarbamol | 90 | $731 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 26 | $701 |
| Gabapentin | 54 | $462 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 35 | $457 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 61 | $347 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $259 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $195 |
| Ibuprofen | 22 | $141 |
| Meloxicam | 13 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Knoxville
- Daniel WellsKnoxville$135K
- Patrick BoltKnoxville$794
- Perry WhiteKnoxville$354
- Lawrence BabatNashville$928K
- Raymond GardockiNashville$666K
- Samuel SchroerluckeMemphis$451K
- James JolleyChattanooga$231K
- John BurlesonSmyrna$184K
- Michael McNamaraFranklin$150K
- John KlekampFranklin$148K
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.