Justin Esterberg, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Gilbert, AZNPI 1558494427
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $6,780 of the $10,447 with a category attached, or 64.9%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 58.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,409 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $99 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $49,864.
Across 86 payments — averaging $121.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$6K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$1K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$527
- Centinel Spine, LLC$507
- Abbott$426
- Stryker$376
- plus $1K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,78065%
- Food & beverage$3,61335%
- Gifts$440%
- Entertainment$100%
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) | 36 | $6,069 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 8 | $1,319 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 7 | $527 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 6 | $507 |
| Abbott | 5 | $426 |
| Stryker | 4 | $376 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 6 | $310 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 3 | $303 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $240 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $175 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $98 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $69 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $28 |
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
$10,447 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Arizona.
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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 | 28 | $271 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 22 | $85 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Gilbert
- Terrence CrowderGilbert$421K
- Edward SongGilbert$80K
- Caleb BehrendGilbert$76K
- Justin FieldPhoenix$2.3M
- John HallFlagstaff$783K
- Nima SalariPhoenix$741K
- Harvinder BediPhoenix$740K
- Michael ChangMesa$692K
- Todd DoerrScottsdale$614K
- Mark WangPhoenix$573K
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.