David Wong, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Greenwood Village, CONPI 1508859083
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (43.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 43.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,211 and has fallen 92.0% since, to $97 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $28,402.
Across 10 payments — averaging $277.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$1K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$1K
- Carlsmed, Inc.$164
- Centinel Spine, LLC$97
- Medtronic$53
- Stryker$41
- plus $11 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,17742%
- Food & beverage$40014%
- Education$1,20043%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 3 | $1,211 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 1 | $1,200 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $164 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $53 |
| Stryker | 1 | $41 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- INDEPENDENCE MIS$805
- REVERE$372
- aprevo$164
How this compares
$2,777 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 69 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Colorado.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Etodolac | 56 | $1,888 |
| Gabapentin | 60 | $636 |
| Meloxicam | 24 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Greenwood Village
- Philip YorkGreenwood Village$46K
- Gary GhiselliGreenwood Village$38K
- George FreyDenver$5.3M
- Christopher CainAurora$3.3M
- Edward DonnerJohnstown$2.5M
- Jim YoussefDurango$2.3M
- Scott StanleyParker$1.7M
- Timothy KukloDenver$1.3M
- Michael GallizziLone Tree$1.2M
- Douglas BeardFort Collins$583K
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.