Jeffrey Cantor
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Ft Lauderdale, FLNPI 1386639508
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.1%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bioventus LLC at 52.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,623 and has fallen 85.4% since, to $676 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $16,334.
Across 118 payments — averaging $104.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bioventus LLC$7K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Globus Medical$858
- MML US, Inc.$605
- Johnson & Johnson$468
- Medtronic$400
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,37527%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00024%
- Travel & lodging$1741%
- Food & beverage$5,83747%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $6,530 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 17 | $1,316 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 25 | $858 |
| MML US, Inc. | 8 | $605 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $468 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $400 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $399 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $356 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $242 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $226 |
| Mirus, LLC | 2 | $189 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $138 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $122 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $90 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $78 |
| Stryker | 2 | $70 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $45 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $36 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $15 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- BoneScalpel$3,000
- Intracept$2,579
- ReActiv8$403
- Senza$271
- INTELLIS$244
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$210
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$174
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$174
- Spinal-Stim$166
- BONESCALPEL & SONICONE (O.R.)$129
- Iovera$122
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$116
- COHERE$110
How this compares
$12,385 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 159 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Florida.
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Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Ft Lauderdale
- Kalman BlumbergFt Lauderdale$397K
- Stuart HershmanFt Lauderdale$119K
- 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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.