Jeffrey Carlson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Newport News, VANPI 1518029347
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $275,738 of the $294,838 with a category attached, or 93.5%. Spinefrontier, Inc. accounts for 93.9% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $198,986 and has fallen 93.5% since, to $12,888 in 2025.
Across 153 payments — averaging $1927.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spinefrontier, Inc.$277K
- Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC$13K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$822
- Medacta USA, Inc.$354
- Si-bone, Inc.$314
- plus $957 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$15,5725%
- Consulting fees$275,73894%
- Travel & lodging$2010%
- Food & beverage$3,3281%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 54 | $276,743 |
| Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC | 2 | $13,350 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 19 | $2,298 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 37 | $822 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 5 | $354 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $314 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $115 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $114 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $100 |
| Trackx Technology, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 2 | $74 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 2 | $62 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $55 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $52 |
| Nanovis LLC | 1 | $45 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $25 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 2 | $5 |
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.
- PedFuse Remind$275,738
- Invue$275,738
- PedFuse Reset$275,738
- PLIFT$275,738
- CREO MCS, Fenestrated, Sideloading$682
- CREO$645
- CREO Side Loading$559
- MYSPINE$325
- Fibergraft BG Matrix$114
- iFuse Implant$104
How this compares
$294,838 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 43 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Virginia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 206 | $5,719 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 38 | $679 |
| Meloxicam | 198 | $611 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 42 | $542 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 74 | $341 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 38 | $297 |
| Methocarbamol | 51 | $276 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 55 | $265 |
| Cephalexin | 106 | $208 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 33 | $185 |
| Ibuprofen | 16 | $180 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 44 | $179 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 19 | $142 |
| Gabapentin | 21 | $119 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 24 | $93 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Newport News
- Mark McFarlandNewport News$10K
- Jed VanichkachornRichmond$2.3M
- Christopher GoodReston$1.7M
- John SimpsonRichmond$880K
- Colin HainesReston$700K
- Ehsan JaziniReston$502K
- Francis ShenCharlottesville$432K
- Thomas SciosciaRichmond$274K
- Thomas SullivanMidlothian$83K
- Corey WallachArlington$77K
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.