Jeffrey Phelps, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · North Richland Hills, TXNPI 1053365304
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,792,928 of the $1,903,804 with a category attached, or 94.2%. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 45.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $542,133, 3.7 times the $146,980 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 329 payments — averaging $5786.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$868K
- Si-bone, Inc.$813K
- Zimmer Biomet$91K
- Boston Scientific$60K
- Zimvie Inc.$38K
- Highridge Medical LLC$23K
- plus $10K from 27 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $4582.43 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Spineology Inc.$32K
- Boston Scientific$45
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,792,92894%
- Consulting fees$24,5631%
- Speaking & faculty fees$65,7383%
- Travel & lodging$14,8181%
- Food & beverage$5,6930%
- Education$650%
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 | 83 | $868,197 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 26 | $813,229 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $90,962 |
| Boston Scientific | 91 | $59,748 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 8 | $38,407 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 6 | $23,490 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 8 | $4,341 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 9 | $2,467 |
| Pylant Medical | 7 | $1,016 |
| Arthrex | 9 | $601 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 25 | $393 |
| Abbott | 7 | $127 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $88 |
| Stryker | 1 | $85 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $74 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $70 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 5 | $66 |
| Vertex | 2 | $55 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $48 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $40 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $1 |
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.
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$789,423
- COALITION MIS$459,301
- COALITION MIS / MIS Ti$233,272
- ROI-A$152,859
- COALITION AGX$139,791
- iFuse Implant$23,534
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$22,282
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$18,817
- Lateral Inline$12,471
- ELSA$10,715
- ELSA ATP$8,266
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$7,206
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$4,868
- Other - Miscellaneous$4,250
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$2,483
- RISE$1,050
- CREO$969
- MIS Inline Lateral$533
- INDEPENDENCE$499
- XLIF$332
How this compares
$1,903,804 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 51 | $832 |
| Celecoxib | 27 | $360 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $153 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 14 | $138 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 20 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in North Richland Hills
- Randall DryerAustin$2.9M
- Craig KuhnsAustin$2.4M
- David WimberleyHouston$2.2M
- Eric WieserArlington$1.5M
- Andrew ClavennaDallas$1.3M
- Ivan ChengKyle$1.2M
- Stephen TolhurstFlower Mound$1.1M
- Michael ObrienPlano$1M
- Mohammad EtminanRichmond$1M
- Scott BlumenthalPlano$833K
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.