Jamie Gottlieb, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Irving, TXNPI 1811979842
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (43.7%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Nevro Corp. accounts for 68.8% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $8,753 and has fallen 92.5% since, to $655 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $12,726.
Across 173 payments — averaging $87.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$10K
- Abbott$1K
- MML US, Inc.$1K
- Amplify Surgical, Inc.$332
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$301
- Globus Medical$275
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,29028%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,12021%
- Travel & lodging$1,1137%
- Food & beverage$6,62244%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 84 | $10,427 |
| Abbott | 26 | $1,442 |
| MML US, Inc. | 3 | $1,113 |
| Amplify Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $332 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 4 | $301 |
| Globus Medical | 15 | $275 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $188 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 3 | $165 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $142 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $96 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Alevio, LLC | 1 | $69 |
| Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C. | 1 | $66 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Core Surgical Group | 1 | $51 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $51 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $44 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $39 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $28 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $20 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 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.
- Senza$8,127
- ReActiv8$1,113
- PROCLAIM$852
- Omnia$808
- dualX and DualPortal$182
- Proclaim IPG$131
- dualX$105
How this compares
$15,146 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
See all orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas →
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 | 17 | $1,463 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 73 | $1,442 |
| Orphenadrine Citrate ErOrphenadrine Citrate | 13 | $823 |
| Methocarbamol | 35 | $694 |
| Gabapentin | 38 | $455 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 33 | $382 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 44 | $320 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 22 | $179 |
| Diazepam | 13 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Irving
- Stephen TimonIrving$360K
- Randall DryerAustin$2.9M
- Craig KuhnsAustin$2.4M
- David WimberleyHouston$2.2M
- Jeffrey PhelpsNorth Richland Hills$1.9M
- Eric WieserArlington$1.5M
- Andrew ClavennaDallas$1.3M
- Ivan ChengKyle$1.2M
- Stephen TolhurstFlower Mound$1.1M
- Michael ObrienPlano$1M
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.