Jahangir Asghar, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Plantation, FLNPI 1154448975
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.5%), speaking fees and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 52 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 36.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $377,697 and has fallen 52.6% since, to $179,120 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 925 payments — averaging $1086.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$364K
- Globus Medical$313K
- Hyhte Holdings Inc.$60K
- Surgentec$54K
- Carlsmed, Inc.$53K
- 4web, Inc.$27K
- plus $133K from 46 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $10,125 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Carlsmed, Inc.$20K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$220,70622%
- Consulting fees$426,66942%
- Speaking & faculty fees$247,92925%
- Travel & lodging$83,5678%
- Food & beverage$25,8123%
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.
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.
- XLIF$202,073
- CD HORIZON$111,919
- CLYDESDALE$68,274
- aprevo$50,723
- Pulse$35,020
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$33,682
- TiLink$31,379
- Xvision$30,196
- RIB Fixation$29,917
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$26,917
- EVEREST$23,500
- Hominis Surgical System$17,779
- Hydroputty$17,651
- XIA$16,419
- SERRATO$13,291
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$12,865
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$12,865
- VLIFT$12,791
- DIVERGENCE-L$12,350
- CAPRI$11,500
How this compares
$1,004,682 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 159 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 11 | $279 |
| Gabapentin | 21 | $239 |
| Celecoxib | 21 | $168 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 12 | $133 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $78 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Plantation
- Harry ShufflebargerMiami$3.5M
- Paul KellerMelbourne$3.4M
- Thomas SweeneySarasota$2.3M
- Geoffrey CronenTampa$2.2M
- James BillysOdessa$1.9M
- Mark DekutoskiDestin$1.8M
- Farhan SiddiqiOdessa$1.7M
- Samuel JosephSafety Harbor$1.7M
- Thomas ErricoMiami$1.6M
- Constantine ToumbisCrystal River$1.6M
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.