John Braun
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Waterbury Center, VTNPI 1225083769
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 123 payments — averaging $9447.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimvie Inc.$599K
- Zimmer Biomet$313K
- Highridge Medical LLC$249K
- Spineology Inc.$276
- EBI, LLC$192
- Smith+Nephew$113
- plus $111 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,120,67896%
- Consulting fees$34,0503%
- Travel & lodging$2,7920%
- Food & beverage$4,4890%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimvie Inc. | 65 | $599,490 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 29 | $313,260 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 22 | $248,567 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $276 |
| EBI, LLC | 2 | $192 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $113 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $93 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Vitality$880,438
- Vital$242,065
- The Tether$37,513
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$276
- Timberline$126
- Polaris Deformity Spinal System$120
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Vermontto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Waterbury Center
- Martin KragWilliston$32K
- David LunardiniBurlington$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.