Joseph Laratta, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Louisville, KYNPI 1346506052
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $550,111 of the $819,324 with a category attached, or 67.1%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spineart USA Inc at 36.1% of the total.
Across 494 payments — averaging $1658.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spineart USA Inc$295K
- Spineart SA$126K
- Stryker$100K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$98K
- Si-bone, Inc.$76K
- Evolution Spine, LLC$46K
- plus $77K from 13 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $14,398 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Expanding Innovations, Inc.$14K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$167,80520%
- Consulting fees$550,11167%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3550%
- Travel & lodging$80,46510%
- Food & beverage$20,5563%
- Entertainment$310%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spineart USA Inc | 134 | $295,420 |
| Spineart SA | 14 | $125,550 |
| Stryker | 60 | $100,433 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 59 | $98,341 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 119 | $76,395 |
| Evolution Spine, LLC | 25 | $45,794 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 16 | $40,661 |
| Expanding Innovations, Inc. | 2 | $14,398 |
| Globus Medical | 29 | $10,216 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $10,076 |
| 4web, Inc. | 2 | $652 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $580 |
| Nevro Corp. | 9 | $374 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $71 |
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Abbott | 1 | $64 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $60 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
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.
- PERLA TL - MIS$95,540
- TRITANIUM$56,187
- Perla TL$53,552
- iFuse Implant$48,127
- PERLA C$45,999
- Whistler Modular Screw System$34,804
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$33,261
- Scarlet AL-T$31,497
- LATERAL ACCESS SPINAL SYSTEM$28,146
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$25,025
- CAYMAN PLATE SYSTEM$24,700
- CASCADIA$24,561
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$20,911
- CAYMAN$19,321
- Other - Miscellaneous$14,847
- X-PAC$14,398
- RAVINE LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$12,350
- Whistler Pedicle Screw System$10,970
- Romeo 2$10,895
- BATTALION LLIF$9,750
How this compares
$819,324 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 29 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Kentucky.
See all orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Kentucky →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 223 | $3,483 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 56 | $1,016 |
| Pregabalin | 45 | $937 |
| Gabapentin | 32 | $474 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 46 | $432 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 23 | $291 |
| Methocarbamol | 13 | $227 |
| Methylprednisolone | 40 | $219 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 12 | $160 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 19 | $144 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Louisville
- Jeffery GumLouisville$3.5M
- Mladen DjurasovicLouisville$3.1M
- Roger OwensLouisville$1.3M
- Charles CrawfordLouisville$836K
- Venu VemuriLouisville$796K
- Kathryn McCarthy MulloolyLouisville$426K
- John DimarLouisville$266K
- Steven GlassmanLouisville$249K
- John JohnsonLouisville$247K
- Mitchell CampbellLouisville$212K
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.