John Czerwein, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Johnston, RINPI 1972784452
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 325 payments — averaging $1435.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Life Spine, Inc.$348K
- CTL Medical Corporation$38K
- Stryker$37K
- Spineart USA Inc$17K
- Precision Spine, Inc.$13K
- Globus Medical$10K
- plus $3K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$239,09751%
- Consulting fees$171,59037%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,2902%
- Travel & lodging$30,5337%
- Food & beverage$8,9182%
- Education$5,8651%
- Gifts$1750%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Life Spine, Inc. | 107 | $348,490 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 13 | $37,850 |
| Stryker | 73 | $36,708 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 17 | $17,451 |
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 8 | $13,173 |
| Globus Medical | 33 | $10,268 |
| MML US, Inc. | 35 | $635 |
| 4web, Inc. | 4 | $480 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $262 |
| Abbott | 2 | $236 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $202 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $158 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 7 | $137 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $95 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $59 |
| Captiva Spine Inc | 1 | $45 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- MIS Retractor$75,000
- ProLift$43,060
- Spinal$32,850
- Centerline Modular$31,153
- Centerline$20,688
- TruLift$20,196
- ProLift Lateral Helo$18,806
- Dyna-Link Ti Barbs$18,032
- ProLift Wedge$17,641
- Solstice$17,440
- REFORM MIDLINE CORTICAL$13,173
- DYNA-LINK STAND-ALONE ANTERIOR LUMBAR SYSTEM$11,871
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$11,487
- Calypso$11,378
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$11,375
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$11,375
- Perla TL$10,724
- ProLift Pivot$10,647
- GRUVE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE System$10,445
- AVATAR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINAL SYSTEM$10,393
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Rhode Islandto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naproxen-Esomeprazole MagNaproxen/Esomeprazole Mag | 12 | $5,772 |
| Gabapentin | 292 | $3,239 |
| Lidocaine | 35 | $2,011 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 166 | $1,874 |
| Ibuprofen | 76 | $1,049 |
| Baclofen | 29 | $747 |
| Methylprednisolone | 69 | $593 |
| Meloxicam | 136 | $542 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 84 | $521 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 50 | $428 |
| Pregabalin | 31 | $380 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 27 | $362 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $302 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $222 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $193 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Johnston
- Eren KurisEast Providence$98K
- Shyam PatelProvidence$28K
- Herbert BielWoonsocket$16K
- Phillip LucasProvidence$315
- Alexander RobertsonEast Providence$219
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.