Juan Dinkins, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Dickson, TNNPI 1215930466
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.2% of the total across 148 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,415 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $38 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $7,717.
Across 148 payments — averaging $27.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$651
- Abbott$419
- Amgen$287
- Conformis, Inc.$270
- Medtronic$259
- DJO, LLC$240
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,99298%
- Education$732%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 7 | $651 |
| Abbott | 17 | $419 |
| Amgen | 10 | $287 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 24 | $270 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $259 |
| DJO, LLC | 7 | $240 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $235 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $166 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 7 | $161 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 7 | $154 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 15 | $144 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 8 | $142 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 7 | $141 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 4 | $110 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $103 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $89 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $71 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $43 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $28 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $24 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $13 |
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
$4,065 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 51 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Tennessee.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 78 | $1,005 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 45 | $627 |
| Ibuprofen | 65 | $567 |
| Methylprednisolone | 22 | $177 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 29 | $106 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $92 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $69 |
| Naproxen | 25 | $67 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Dickson
- Cyrus GhavamDickson$4K
- Lawrence BabatNashville$928K
- Raymond GardockiNashville$666K
- Samuel SchroerluckeMemphis$451K
- James JolleyChattanooga$231K
- John BurlesonSmyrna$184K
- Michael McNamaraFranklin$150K
- John KlekampFranklin$148K
- Daniel WellsKnoxville$135K
- Colin CrosbyNashville$134K
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.