Jose Manuel Sarmiento, MD
Neurological Surgery · Weston, FLNPI 1558814053
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (39.9%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 46.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $12,804 and has fallen 81.7% since, to $2,346 in 2025.
Across 237 payments — averaging $162.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$18K
- Stryker$10K
- Medtronic$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- VB Spine LLC$476
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$468
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$320%
- Grants$10,00026%
- Travel & lodging$15,39240%
- Food & beverage$12,50332%
- Education$6282%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 69 | $17,965 |
| Stryker | 72 | $10,061 |
| Medtronic | 51 | $5,414 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $1,692 |
| VB Spine LLC | 4 | $476 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $468 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $457 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 5 | $395 |
| Misonix Inc | 3 | $350 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $222 |
| Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC | 1 | $167 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $147 |
| Abbott | 1 | $146 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $118 |
| Amgen | 1 | $118 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $53 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$3,710
- RELINE$2,318
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,361
- CREO 5.5$1,145
- UNID_PASS$830
- SERRATO$808
- XLIF$498
- Spinal-Stim$485
- VersaTie$357
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$307
- CREO$296
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$265
- Trinity ELITE$259
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$251
- NeXus$225
- IdentiTi$222
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$188
- ALIF$178
- CellerateRx$161
- MESA SMALL STATURE SPINAL SYSTEM$159
How this compares
$38,555 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 556 neurological surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 41 | $523 |
| Methocarbamol | 41 | $384 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 23 | $199 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $129 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Weston
- Stephen ParkerJacksonville$18.7M
- Eric PetersonMiami$10.1M
- Brian SnellingBoca Raton$10M
- Kim ManwaringOrlando$5M
- Paul SawinWinter Park$3M
- John MainOcala$2.8M
- Michael WangMiami$2.2M
- Andrew CannestraJacksonville$1.6M
- Rohit VasanTampa$1.5M
- Wilson AsforaMiami$1.3M
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.