Frank Pedlow, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Boston, MANPI 1841292414
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 40 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 12 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,362 and has fallen 79.8% since, to $275 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in MA, where the typical reported total is $21,142.
Across 40 payments — averaging $82.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$728
- Stryker$678
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$667
- Johnson & Johnson$347
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$161
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$140
- plus $595 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,315100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 6 | $728 |
| Stryker | 8 | $678 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $667 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $347 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 11 | $161 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 1 | $115 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $109 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $98 |
| Lifenet Health | 2 | $97 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $91 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $84 |
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.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$306
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$281
- ADAPTIX INTERBODY SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$257
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$254
- DENALI SPINAL SYSTEM$153
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$140
- VESUVIUS$133
- DERMABOND PRINEO$124
- VISTASEAL$124
- UNID_PASS$124
- CONDUIT$112
- COALITION AGX$109
- YUKON$106
How this compares
$3,315 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 28 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Massachusetts.
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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.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Boston
- Chadi TannouryBoston$81K
- Jason PittmanBoston$70K
- Taryn LeroyBoston$36K
- Pablo Diaz-ColladoBoston$27K
- Sapan GandhiBoston$21K
- Melvin MakhniBoston$3K
- Jason BesseyBoston$3K
- Paul GlazerChestnut Hill$2.1M
- Raymond HwangChestnut Hill$1.1M
- Robert BancoWellesley Hills$661K
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.