Eli Garrard, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Johns Creek, GANPI 1700142379
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $8,064 of the $10,370 with a category attached, or 77.8%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.5% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $16,983.
Across 63 payments — averaging $164.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$6K
- Stryker$4K
- Spineology Inc.$363
- Smith+Nephew$117
- Misonix Inc$97
- Highridge Medical LLC$39
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,06478%
- Food & beverage$2,30622%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 42 | $5,966 |
| Stryker | 17 | $3,788 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $363 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $117 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $97 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $39 |
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.
How this compares
$10,370 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 57 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Georgia.
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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 | 153 | $860 |
| Gabapentin | 59 | $737 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 62 | $519 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 68 | $399 |
| Pregabalin | 15 | $394 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $182 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $80 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $54 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Johns Creek
- John HellerAtlanta$4.2M
- Scott BodenAtlanta$1.5M
- Justin BundyAugusta$1.4M
- John RheeAtlanta$1.1M
- Tapan DaftariAustell$759K
- Brad PrybisStockbridge$659K
- Paul JeffordsAtlanta$651K
- Raphael RoybalSavannah$400K
- Hewatt SimsDouglas$376K
- James MalcolmMarietta$295K
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.