John Starr, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Chevy Chase, MDNPI 1609969427
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spinecraft, LLC at 52.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,500 and has fallen 83.7% since, to $407 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $9,922.
Across 27 payments — averaging $175.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spinecraft, LLC$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Medtronic$356
- Globus Medical$250
- Spineology Inc.$195
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$115
- plus $208 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,50053%
- Food & beverage$2,24847%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spinecraft, LLC | 1 | $2,500 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $1,124 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $356 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 2 | $250 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $195 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Stryker | 3 | $108 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $20 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 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.
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$609
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$404
- SYMPHONY$250
- VIPER$234
- MARS 3V/3VL$206
- ELSA$206
- CREO Addition$206
- COALITION$206
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$195
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$184
- EXPEDIUM$125
- UNID_PASS$121
- Teligen$116
How this compares
$4,748 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 49 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Maryland.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $405 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 37 | $313 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $224 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $154 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $100 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $97 |
| Diazepam | 17 | $41 |
| Meloxicam | 22 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Chevy Chase
- Philip SchneiderChevy Chase$8K
- John CarboneBaltimore$25M
- Steven LudwigBaltimore$2.7M
- Joseph ObrienBethesda$2.4M
- Paul McAfeeBaltimore$2.2M
- Ira FedderTowson$1.1M
- Scott McGovernSalisbury$431K
- Amit JainBaltimore$250K
- Andrew MoOlney$166K
- Navinder SethiBethesda$114K
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.