Hooman Melamed
Marina del Rey, CANPI 1447350053
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $177,167 of the $200,415 with a category attached, or 88.4%. Aegis Spine, Inc. accounts for 89.1% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $181,544 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $5,848 in 2025.
Across 55 payments — averaging $3643.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aegis Spine, Inc.$179K
- Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc.$8K
- Solco Biomedical Corporation$6K
- Medtronic$4K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$2K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$829
- plus $666 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$177,16788%
- Consulting fees$16,8298%
- Travel & lodging$5,4323%
- Food & beverage$9870%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aegis Spine, Inc. | 3 | $178,654 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 8 | $8,176 |
| Solco Biomedical Corporation | 2 | $5,700 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 22 | $4,216 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 4 | $2,173 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 3 | $829 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $280 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 3 | $125 |
| Stryker | 1 | $105 |
| Vertex | 2 | $63 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $31 |
| Bayer | 1 | $30 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Spine - New Product$8,154
- 4CIS CHIRON SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM$5,700
- 4CIS AUGUSTA PEEK ALIF CAGE$4,600
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$2,107
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,004
- PRODISC L$758
- NanoMetalene Technology$650
- Mariner$650
- MIDAS REX$552
- Intracept$211
- UNID_PASS$200
- N/A$105
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 41 | $1,225 |
| Pregabalin | 45 | $347 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 32 | $255 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.