James Taylor, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Mesa, AZNPI 1083988257
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.1% of the total across 86 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 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $545 and has fallen 74.9% since, to $137 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $49,864.
Across 86 payments — averaging $27.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$368
- Terumo BCT, Inc.$282
- Globus Medical$218
- Medacta USA, Inc.$144
- Abbott$135
- Centinel Spine, LLC$120
- plus $1K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,29198%
- Gifts$442%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $368 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 17 | $282 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 11 | $218 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 2 | $144 |
| Abbott | 3 | $135 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $105 |
| Stryker | 4 | $103 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $90 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 2 | $72 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $69 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $58 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $52 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $27 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Team_makena_llc | 2 | $26 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Trackx Technology, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $17 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- Velys$137
- PRODISC C VIVO$120
- MYSPINE$120
- SYNFIX Evolution$115
- VIPER$115
How this compares
$2,336 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Arizona.
See all orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Arizona →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 32 | $403 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $314 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 67 | $256 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 21 | $243 |
| Methocarbamol | 26 | $175 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $143 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $110 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $97 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $87 |
| Meloxicam | 31 | $77 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Mesa
- Michael ChangMesa$692K
- Dennis CrandallMesa$496K
- Rafath BaigMesa$26K
- Justin MauroMesa$2K
- Justin FieldPhoenix$2.3M
- John HallFlagstaff$783K
- Nima SalariPhoenix$741K
- Harvinder BediPhoenix$740K
- Todd DoerrScottsdale$614K
- Mark WangPhoenix$573K
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.