Joshua Karlin, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Leawood, KSNPI 1730594953
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 55.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,369, 3.2 times the $1,053 reported in 2019.
Across 101 payments — averaging $141.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$8K
- Cerapedics Inc.$4K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$780
- Stryker$684
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$320
- Medtronic$209
- plus $737 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$3372%
- Travel & lodging$7,83155%
- Food & beverage$4,98535%
- Education$1,1008%
- Entertainment$30%
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 | 60 | $7,972 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 12 | $3,555 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $780 |
| Stryker | 8 | $684 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $320 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $209 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $160 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $92 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $88 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $80 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 2 | $46 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $31 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $3 |
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.
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$3,381
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,420
- ELSA$1,130
- Excelsius Robotics System$1,089
- XLIF$708
- RISE-L$675
- EXCELSIUS$631
- Hedron$504
- NONE$337
- Xperience$160
- BlastX$160
- SurgX$160
- CORBEL$146
- Excelsius - GPS$135
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$120
- ELSA ATP$116
- Medical Device$116
- RISE$107
- TRIATHLON$104
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Kansasto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 42 | $865 |
| Gabapentin | 28 | $533 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 57 | $366 |
| Meloxicam | 100 | $336 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $328 |
| Methocarbamol | 31 | $317 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $196 |
| Methylprednisolone | 26 | $143 |
| Diazepam | 28 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Leawood
- Theodore KoreckijLeawood$785
- Alan MoskowitzWichita$1M
- Joshua BunchKansas City$70K
- Shyam ShridharaniOlathe$63K
- Douglas BurtonKansas City$43K
- Mark WhitakerWichita$19K
- Joseph WeinerKansas City$16K
- Steven EricksenWichita$10K
- Jacob BirlingmairWichita$8K
- Robert JacksonKansas City$3K
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.