RxDoctor Payments Data

Jeffrey Wang, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1134257058

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,391,744 of the $1,420,633 with a category attached, or 98.0%. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 52.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $444,681 and has fallen 73.4% since, to $118,191 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in CA 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.

$1,420,633in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 174 payments — averaging $8164.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Zimmer Biomet$744K
  • Zimvie Inc.$325K
  • Highridge Medical LLC$186K
  • Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$66K
  • Orthofix Medical, Inc.$27K
  • Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$22K
  • plus $51K from 19 others
$25,479in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 8 payments — averaging $3184.88 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.

  • Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$14K
  • Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$5K
  • GS Solutions, Inc.$3K
  • Cerapedics Inc.$2K
  • Amgen$1K

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$1,391,74498%
  • Consulting fees$6,2570%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$5000%
  • Travel & lodging$18,6131%
  • Food & beverage$3,5180%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$1,420,633 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 288 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$271,542
Medicare patients
360
Services billed
851

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.

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