Edward Chung, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Delray Beach, FLNPI 1376572032
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $102,956 of the $125,421 with a category attached, or 82.1%. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. accounts for 82.1% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $95,682 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $324 in 2025.
Across 36 payments — averaging $3483.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$103K
- Prosidyan, Inc$21K
- Stryker$417
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$163
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$118
- DJO, LLC$89
- plus $378 from 14 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $5626.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Prosidyan, Inc$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,30017%
- Travel & lodging$120%
- Food & beverage$1,1531%
- Other$102,95682%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 3 | $102,956 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 3 | $21,300 |
| Stryker | 8 | $417 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $163 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $118 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $89 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $68 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $39 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $38 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $26 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Trackx Technology, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
| Corelink, LLC | 1 | $9 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $7 |
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.
- BG Morsels$8,800
- BG Putty$8,800
- Fibulink$7,343
How this compares
$125,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 159 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Florida.
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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 | 52 | $410 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 83 | $336 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 22 | $231 |
| Methylprednisolone | 35 | $174 |
| Cephalexin | 30 | $173 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $101 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $81 |
| Diazepam | 29 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Delray Beach
- Mark EskenaziDelray Beach$93K
- Harry ShufflebargerMiami$3.5M
- Paul KellerMelbourne$3.4M
- Thomas SweeneySarasota$2.3M
- Geoffrey CronenTampa$2.2M
- James BillysOdessa$1.9M
- Mark DekutoskiDestin$1.8M
- Farhan SiddiqiOdessa$1.7M
- Samuel JosephSafety Harbor$1.7M
- Thomas ErricoMiami$1.6M
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.