Daniel Rubio, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · New Haven, CTNPI 1639598212
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. at 28.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $16,136 and has fallen 93.6% since, to $1,025 in 2025.
Across 233 payments — averaging $165.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$11K
- Si-bone, Inc.$9K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$7K
- Medtronic$7K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$923
- plus $2K from 7 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $4254.50 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.
- Bioventus LLC$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,94644%
- Travel & lodging$10,82028%
- Food & beverage$10,80628%
- Entertainment$660%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 14 | $10,843 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 32 | $9,114 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 16 | $6,875 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 98 | $6,531 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 25 | $2,127 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $923 |
| Stryker | 10 | $783 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $662 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 11 | $334 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $150 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $150 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 2 | $81 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $66 |
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.
- iFuse Implant$7,015
- Other - Miscellaneous$4,696
- CD HORIZON$1,909
- STEALTH AUTOGUIDE SYSTEM$987
- XLIF$825
- Excelsius - GPS$748
- O-ARM-Spine$551
- INVICTUS OPEN$345
- UNID_PASS$174
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$163
- COHERE$152
- Stimulan$150
- TRITANIUM$148
- O-ARM$130
- Lateral$129
- ARTiC-L$127
- T2$123
- EXPEDIUM$120
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$108
- VIPER$106
How this compares
$38,637 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 25 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Connecticut.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 16 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in New Haven
- Raj GalaNew Haven$21K
- Courtney ToombsNew Haven$6K
- Gerard GirasoleTrumbull$2.1M
- Jeffrey BashMiddletown$840K
- Steven McAnanyStamford$172K
- Shirvinda WijesekeraHamden$168K
- Alex GitelmanStamford$158K
- David BombackDanbury$95K
- Robert StocktonWallingford$71K
- Lane SperoTorrington$68K
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.