David McConda, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Louisville, KYNPI 1962713362
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (57.0%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 45.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,388 and has fallen 85.4% since, to $349 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $61,310.
Across 53 payments — averaging $87.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$627
- Globus Medical$161
- Stryker$159
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$110
- plus $165 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,65257%
- Food & beverage$1,98743%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 4 | $2,112 |
| Abbott | 19 | $1,320 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 14 | $627 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $161 |
| Stryker | 3 | $159 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $110 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $37 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $31 |
| Amgen | 2 | $29 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,890
- PROCLAIM$666
- PENTA$174
- iFuse Implant$131
- ETERNA$130
- Penta SCS Leads$111
How this compares
$4,653 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 29 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Kentucky.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 20 | $88 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Louisville
- Jeffery GumLouisville$3.5M
- Mladen DjurasovicLouisville$3.1M
- Roger OwensLouisville$1.3M
- Charles CrawfordLouisville$836K
- Joseph LarattaLouisville$819K
- Venu VemuriLouisville$796K
- Kathryn McCarthy MulloolyLouisville$426K
- John DimarLouisville$266K
- Steven GlassmanLouisville$249K
- John JohnsonLouisville$247K
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.