Jarren Section, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Burleson, TXNPI 1518370873
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $11,981 of the $18,543 with a category attached, or 64.6%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 38.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $6,010 and has fallen 88.0% since, to $720 in 2025.
Across 138 payments — averaging $134.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$7K
- Stryker$2K
- Spineart USA Inc$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Synthes GmbH$841
- Spinefrontier, Inc.$785
- plus $4K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$11,98165%
- Food & beverage$6,27334%
- Education$2892%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 39 | $7,188 |
| Stryker | 19 | $2,193 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 7 | $1,859 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $1,562 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $841 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 4 | $785 |
| Osseus Fusion Systems, LLC | 4 | $765 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $621 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $425 |
| Evolution Spine, LLC | 2 | $400 |
| Pylant Medical | 9 | $385 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $300 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $235 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $217 |
| Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC | 1 | $157 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $88 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $76 |
| VB Spine LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 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.
- TLIF$2,127
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,369
- RISE-L$1,246
- Scarlet AL-T$1,075
- XLIF$817
- Other - Miscellaneous$809
- InSpan$727
- SacroFuse$727
- NanoFuse Putty$727
- MESA$650
- CAPRI$559
- TRYPTIK Ti$555
- Excelsius Robotics System$467
- Integrated ALIF System$400
- Pulse$333
- VISTASEAL$297
- NONE$219
- PERLA C$199
- PRESTIGE$172
- PRODISC L$143
How this compares
$18,543 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 72 | $1,146 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $877 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 32 | $701 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 37 | $240 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $153 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 11 | $148 |
| Methylprednisolone | 19 | $129 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $92 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 11 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Burleson
- 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
- Mohammad EtminanRichmond$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.