Gilberto Gomez, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Columbus, GANPI 1376998468
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (35.6%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Orthofix Medical, Inc. at 40.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,852, more than ten times the $182 reported in 2019.
Across 119 payments — averaging $249.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$12K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Curiteva, Inc.$3K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$2K
- Synthes GmbH$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- plus $5K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,77530%
- Travel & lodging$10,58136%
- Food & beverage$9,88933%
- Education$4852%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 22 | $11,968 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 27 | $4,367 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 1 | $3,259 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 15 | $2,068 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $1,857 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 3 | $1,637 |
| Spineology Inc. | 7 | $1,198 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 4 | $604 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $485 |
| Stryker | 7 | $434 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 6 | $360 |
| Abbott | 3 | $295 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $232 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $169 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $162 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $103 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $84 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $74 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $72 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $61 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Amgen | 1 | $23 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $13 |
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.
- MISCELLANEOUS$10,346
- Excelsius Robotics System$1,600
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,440
- Mariner$1,410
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$1,045
- 7D Surgical System$948
- CALIBER$814
- Regatta$800
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$741
- NorthStar OCT$623
- Shoreline ACS$610
- WaveForm TO$610
- Medical Device$604
- PROCLAIM$272
- Excelsius - GPS$232
- Sable$224
- Shoreline RT$177
- ProLift$169
- ARx$169
- Quartex$149
How this compares
$29,729 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 132 | $2,259 |
| Gabapentin | 166 | $1,675 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 119 | $1,404 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 128 | $1,238 |
| Methocarbamol | 135 | $871 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 102 | $523 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 58 | $441 |
| Celecoxib | 23 | $375 |
| Meloxicam | 54 | $238 |
| Methylprednisolone | 32 | $234 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 59 | $213 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $156 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $55 |
| Dexamethasone | 15 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Columbus
- L Erik WesterlundColumbus$202K
- David GloysteinColumbus$51K
- Todd BonvalletColumbus$27K
- Thomas WalshColumbus$35
- John HellerAtlanta$4.2M
- Scott BodenAtlanta$1.5M
- Justin BundyAugusta$1.4M
- John RheeAtlanta$1.1M
- Tapan DaftariAustell$759K
- Brad PrybisStockbridge$659K
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.