Daniel Leas, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Concord, NCNPI 1598027252
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.8%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 45.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $15,117, 3.5 times the $4,309 reported in 2019.
Across 194 payments — averaging $217.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$19K
- Restor3d, Inc.$11K
- Globus Medical$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$540
- plus $732 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,01057%
- Travel & lodging$11,03326%
- Food & beverage$7,15217%
- Education$590%
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 | $19,362 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 3 | $10,735 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 27 | $5,179 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 12 | $4,020 |
| Boston Scientific | 36 | $1,687 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $540 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $510 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Stryker | 2 | $23 |
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.
- MIDAS REX$11,112
- TLIF$1,900
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$1,104
- ELSA ATP$1,031
- XLIF$959
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$870
- EXPEDIUM$701
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$569
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$546
- ALIF$406
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$213
- DIVERGENCE-L$173
- UNID_PASS$172
- PRESTIGE$172
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$135
- INFUSE$116
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$115
- SKYLINE$109
- Posterior Fixation$102
How this compares
$42,254 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 32 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 65 | $986 |
| Gabapentin | 46 | $473 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 35 | $226 |
| Methylprednisolone | 39 | $223 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Concord
- Peter PassiasDurham$553K
- Daniel WilliamsPinehurst$443K
- Alexander LemonsPinehurst$389K
- Daniel CavanaughChapel Hill$246K
- Olumide DanisaDurham$198K
- Conor ReganRaleigh$149K
- Michael MooreGreensboro$83K
- Phillip HorneCary$45K
- Brett RocosDurham$40K
- Ryan GentryRaleigh$39K
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.