Justin Miller, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Carmel, INNPI 1275791469
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $5,777 of the $6,666 with a category attached, or 86.7%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 88.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,666 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $327 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $8,429.
Across 26 payments — averaging $256.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$6K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$178
- Medtronic$178
- Boston Scientific$161
- Globus Medical$141
- Stryker$73
- plus $9 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$90%
- Food & beverage$88013%
- Education$5,77787%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 16 | $5,925 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $178 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $178 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $161 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $141 |
| Stryker | 3 | $73 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Persona$1,961
- Lapidus Plate$997
- ROSA$880
- G7$479
- Comprehensive Anatomic$306
- Stratum Foot Plating System$303
- Alps Plates and Instruments$285
- Juggerknot$285
- Juggerknot-Foot & Ankle$281
- Other - Miscellaneous$178
- Oxford$148
- Intracept$137
How this compares
$6,666 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 48 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Indiana.
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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.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Carmel
- Rick SassoCarmel$1.6M
- Paul KraemerCarmel$276K
- Barrett BoodyCarmel$59K
- Michael McCarthyCarmel$50K
- Joseph SmuckerCarmel$39K
- Praveen PerniCarmel$16K
- Stephen RitterCarmel$4K
- James HardackerCarmel$746
- David SchwartzIndianapolis$1.5M
- Zeshan HyderCrown Point$1.1M
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.