David Jones
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Carson City, NVNPI 1821089137
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Providence Medical Technology, Inc. at 56.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,032 and has fallen 81.9% since, to $550 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in NV, where the typical reported total is $14,410.
Across 78 payments — averaging $83.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$753
- Si-bone, Inc.$261
- Globus Medical$165
- Boston Scientific$127
- plus $454 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,50038%
- Travel & lodging$95315%
- Food & beverage$3,07347%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 25 | $3,695 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $1,071 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $753 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $261 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $165 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $127 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $76 |
| Stryker | 4 | $75 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $72 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- EXPEDIUM$1,069
- CAVUX Cervical Cage$196
- DTRAX Spinal System$196
- ALLY Bone Screw$196
- BIOLOGIX Allograft Bone$196
- XLIF$146
- VIPER$142
- CONDUIT$142
- iFuse Implant$133
- Intracept$127
How this compares
$6,527 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 30 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Nevada.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 47 | $344 |
| Meloxicam | 65 | $231 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 43 | $155 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $147 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Carson City
- Michael FryCarson City$3K
- Kornelis PoelstraLas Vegas$2.2M
- George ElkanichLas Vegas$322K
- John ThalgottLas Vegas$320K
- Kevin SharifHenderson$262K
- John HalkiReno$129K
- Mark KabinsLas Vegas$118K
- David SingReno$109K
- Amit ParekhHenderson$71K
- Hugh BassewitzLas Vegas$54K
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.