John Burleson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Smyrna, TNNPI 1255779948
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $123,232 of the $184,211 with a category attached, or 66.9%. 45 manufacturers reported payments, led by Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. at 30.4% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 270 payments — averaging $682.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ulrich Medical USA, Inc.$56K
- Degen Medical, Inc.$38K
- Silony Medical Corp.$21K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$15K
- CTL Medical Corporation$8K
- Restor3d, Inc.$8K
- plus $38K from 39 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $3051.06 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Restor3d, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,4001%
- Consulting fees$123,23267%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,9752%
- Grants$8,0004%
- Travel & lodging$30,91317%
- Food & beverage$15,3128%
- Education$3600%
- Entertainment$190%
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.
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.
- XR$13,800
- Other - Miscellaneous$13,563
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$9,667
- Verticale$9,408
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$6,476
- ActaStim-S$6,368
- MYSPINE$2,845
- iFuse Implant$1,885
- Verticale WINX$1,800
- Spinal$1,500
- PRODISC C$1,125
- EXPEDIUM$1,027
- Xvision$743
- FlareHawk$484
- SafeOp$344
- EVENITY$254
- MazorX - Renaissance$193
- Biomet SpinalPak Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System$174
- ALLOFIBER$165
- Spinal-Stim$162
How this compares
$184,211 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 51 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Tennessee.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 153 | $385 |
| Celecoxib | 20 | $334 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 29 | $96 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $95 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Smyrna
- Juris ShibayamaSmyrna$40K
- James FishSmyrna$6K
- Lawrence BabatNashville$928K
- Raymond GardockiNashville$666K
- Samuel SchroerluckeMemphis$451K
- James JolleyChattanooga$231K
- Michael McNamaraFranklin$150K
- John KlekampFranklin$148K
- Daniel WellsKnoxville$135K
- Colin CrosbyNashville$134K
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.