Harshadkumar Patel, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Valhalla, NYNPI 1205332673
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 37.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,445 and has fallen 77.1% since, to $1,246 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $11,594.
Across 184 payments — averaging $78.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$5K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Stryker$1K
- Medtronic$433
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$322
- Si-bone, Inc.$314
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,60446%
- Food & beverage$7,62653%
- Education$1371%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 12 | $5,446 |
| Globus Medical | 112 | $4,189 |
| Stryker | 16 | $1,461 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $433 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $322 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 8 | $314 |
| DJO, LLC | 6 | $227 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $214 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $187 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 1 | $173 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $166 |
| Amgen | 1 | $149 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $147 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 2 | $134 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $106 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$4,898
- Excelsius Robotics System$1,228
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$568
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$406
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$334
- RELINE$278
- Erisma-LP$173
- Excelsius - GPS$160
- ALEUTIAN INTERBODY SYSTEMS$159
- VersaWrap$148
- MESA SMALL STATURE SPINAL SYSTEM$147
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$147
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$144
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$144
- Spinal-Stim$143
- Zynrelef$122
- PRODISC C$112
- Cervical-STIM$108
- Senza$106
How this compares
$14,367 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 161 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New York.
See all orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New York →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 38 | $574 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 37 | $374 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $129 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 21 | $84 |
| Meloxicam | 33 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Valhalla
- Hansen YuanSyracuse$31.7M
- Frank SchwabNew York$5.1M
- Han KimNew York$3.9M
- Todd AlbertNew York$2.7M
- Jeffrey SpivakNew York$1.3M
- Aaron BucklandNew York$1M
- Seth NeubardtWhite Plains$902K
- Sheeraz QureshiNew York$828K
- Jeffrey GoldsteinNew York$765K
- Fabien BitanNew York$624K
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.