John Devine, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1700853017
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $206,392 of the $331,226 with a category attached, or 62.3%. Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. accounts for 63.9% of it on its own, with 29 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $73,408 and has fallen 54.6% since, to $33,305 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA 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 274 payments — averaging $1208.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ulrich Medical USA, Inc.$212K
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$65K
- Synthes GmbH$42K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$2K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- plus $6K from 24 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $1629.63 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.
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$21K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$11,0323%
- Consulting fees$206,39262%
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,0008%
- Travel & lodging$59,01218%
- Food & beverage$22,7407%
- Entertainment$4,0501%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 67 | $211,644 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 49 | $65,282 |
| Synthes GmbH | 50 | $42,417 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 24 | $3,116 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 10 | $1,666 |
| Smith+Nephew | 17 | $1,572 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $1,075 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 6 | $790 |
| Abbott | 5 | $587 |
| Stryker | 5 | $530 |
| Team 1, LLC | 2 | $290 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $270 |
| Circinus Medical Technology LLC | 1 | $256 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 2 | $223 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 1 | $140 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 1 | $125 |
| Aegis Spine, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $121 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $108 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $105 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Moximed, Inc | 1 | $73 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $65 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Elevation Spine, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Medical Device$18,287
- Medical Devices$13,027
- SAPPHIRE$10,595
- Mercury$10,250
- CERVICLE SYSTEM$7,000
- Sapphire X$5,559
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$2,731
- Excelsius Robotics System$1,554
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$1,028
- EVOS$417
- ETERNA$315
- TRIGEN InterTAN$284
- MazorX - Renaissance$272
- PROCLAIM$272
- Bolt Navigation$256
- TRIGEN$249
- EXCELSIUS$196
- KARMA$186
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$163
- CANNULATED SCREWS$149
How this compares
$331,226 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 47 | $534 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $101 |
| Meloxicam | 22 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Augusta
- Stephen ParadaAugusta$604K
- Lynn CrosbyAugusta$536K
- Uzondu AgochukwuAugusta$194K
- Nathan KukowskiAugusta$108K
- Nicholas CapitoAugusta$83K
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
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.