David Rouben
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Louisville, KYNPI 1316942006
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (45.9%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education at 46.5% of the total. 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 149 payments — averaging $410.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$28K
- Medtronic$22K
- Life Spine, Inc.$9K
- Camber Spine Technologies LLC$1K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$659
- Radius Health, Inc.$179
- plus $329 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$28,05346%
- Consulting fees$7,82013%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,00029%
- Travel & lodging$3,7916%
- Food & beverage$3,4926%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 7 | $28,453 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 65 | $21,651 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 11 | $8,518 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 13 | $1,382 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 22 | $659 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 11 | $179 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $67 |
| Amgen | 3 | $51 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $29 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $15 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
| Convatec 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.
- Spira$28,053
- DIVERGENCE-L$8,826
- CAPSTONE$7,673
- SIMpact$6,172
- RIALTO$2,750
- SIMpact Tri-Fin$1,750
- ProLift$1,125
- O-ARM-Spine$750
- ProLift Micro Tube Access$500
- O-ARM$142
- CLYDESDALE$110
- ENDOSKELETON TL NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$102
How this compares
$61,170 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 29 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Kentucky.
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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).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.