Comron Saifi, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Houston, TXNPI 1972897270
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (34.4%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 46.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,237, 8.8 times the $1,384 reported in 2019.
Across 181 payments — averaging $171.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$15K
- LEM Surgical Inc.$7K
- Medinc Of Texas$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$949
- plus $4K from 17 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $2735.17 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.
- Globus Medical$28K
- Medtronic$18K
Across 1 payment — averaging $16,232 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Restor3d, Inc.$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,20526%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,6205%
- Travel & lodging$10,65834%
- Food & beverage$10,51034%
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) | 97 | $14,510 |
| LEM Surgical Inc. | 1 | $7,125 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 9 | $1,820 |
| Arthrex | 19 | $1,750 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 15 | $1,065 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 5 | $949 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $939 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 9 | $468 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $425 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $324 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $226 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $215 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $156 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $127 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Viseon, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
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.
- CD HORIZON$2,049
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$1,972
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,731
- UNID_PASS$1,503
- CLYDESDALE PTC SPINAL SYSTEM$1,359
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$989
- PRODISC C VIVO$861
- XLIF$486
- Other - Miscellaneous$400
- SYMPHONY$360
- LIF$324
- PRESTIGE$275
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$181
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$181
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$181
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$181
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$181
- Pulse$175
- INFUSE BONE GRAFT$167
- VuePoint$154
How this compares
$30,993 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
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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 Hcl | 64 | $481 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $149 |
| Methocarbamol | 17 | $96 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $68 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Houston
- David WimberleyHouston$2.2M
- Shah-Nawaz DodwadHouston$710K
- Leonard KibuuleHouston$621K
- Vivek KushwahaHouston$573K
- Robert MohrHouston$352K
- Bernhard MeyerHouston$238K
- Ryan StuckeyHouston$181K
- Rex MarcoHouston$174K
- Richard FrancisHouston$156K
- Ra'kerry RahmanHouston$45K
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.