David Gloystein, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Columbus, GANPI 1619947413
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (46.5%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Curiteva, Inc. at 30.0% of the total.
Across 199 payments — averaging $256.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Curiteva, Inc.$15K
- Synthes GmbH$14K
- 4web, Inc.$6K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- plus $7K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,2006%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,25016%
- Travel & lodging$15,82331%
- Food & beverage$23,76847%
- Entertainment$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Curiteva, Inc. | 4 | $15,337 |
| Synthes GmbH | 14 | $13,557 |
| 4web, Inc. | 22 | $6,180 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 40 | $4,413 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 16 | $2,108 |
| Medtronic | 21 | $2,032 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 14 | $1,209 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 9 | $1,094 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 3 | $1,085 |
| Spineology Inc. | 5 | $1,056 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 5 | $427 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 4 | $285 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $282 |
| Abbott | 2 | $272 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $266 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $257 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $191 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $138 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 1 | $131 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $100 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $34 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $12 |
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.
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$5,620
- XLIF$1,435
- NorthStar$1,243
- STEALTH AUTOGUIDE SYSTEM$1,092
- Excelsius - GPS$926
- Mariner MIS$923
- Other - Miscellaneous$888
- FlareHawk$782
- MAKO$594
- PALISADE PEDICULAR FIXATION SYSTEM$457
- CORBEL$407
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$323
- Mariner$320
- ALIF$293
- PROCLAIM$272
- MYSPINE$256
- Medical Device$243
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$242
- INDEPENDENCE$242
- 7D Surgical System$236
How this compares
$51,077 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 57 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Georgia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 263 | $4,143 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 397 | $2,852 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 84 | $1,596 |
| Celecoxib | 35 | $653 |
| Meloxicam | 231 | $644 |
| Methocarbamol | 56 | $475 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 39 | $343 |
| Pregabalin | 24 | $246 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 53 | $184 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 33 | $171 |
| Diazepam | 74 | $153 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Columbus
- L Erik WesterlundColumbus$202K
- Gilberto GomezColumbus$30K
- Todd BonvalletColumbus$27K
- Thomas WalshColumbus$35
- John HellerAtlanta$4.2M
- Scott BodenAtlanta$1.5M
- Justin BundyAugusta$1.4M
- John RheeAtlanta$1.1M
- Tapan DaftariAustell$759K
- Brad PrybisStockbridge$659K
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.