John Koerner, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Paramus, NJNPI 1427219914
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.7%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Titan Spine, LLC at 39.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,708 and has fallen 85.9% since, to $383 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in NJ, where the typical reported total is $6,857.
Across 39 payments — averaging $103.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Titan Spine, LLC$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Stryker$370
- Johnson & Johnson$254
- Zimmer Biomet$205
- Medtronic$171
- plus $256 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,08852%
- Food & beverage$1,76644%
- Education$1895%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Titan Spine, LLC | 11 | $1,577 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $1,209 |
| Stryker | 3 | $370 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $254 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $205 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $171 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $74 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $49 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $22 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$4,042 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 84 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New Jersey.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 233 | $2,063 |
| Pregabalin | 31 | $430 |
| Celecoxib | 26 | $355 |
| Methylprednisolone | 41 | $262 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $113 |
| Diazepam | 22 | $52 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Paramus
- William LongParamus$3K
- Kristen RadcliffSomers Point$390K
- James SanfilippoMoorestown$380K
- Justin KubeckToms River$309K
- Ramil BhatnagarManasquan$301K
- Jason LowensteinMorristown$294K
- Steven KirshnerMarlton$226K
- Gordon DonaldEatontown$167K
- Grigory GoldbergOcean$161K
- Ki HwangWayne$147K
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.