Krishna Gumidyala, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Atlanta, GANPI 1649486994
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (42.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertex at 33.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $16,983.
Across 185 payments — averaging $100.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$6K
- Globus Medical$6K
- Stryker$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$1K
- 4web, Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 23 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $4922.65 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- 4web, Inc.$34K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,31829%
- Travel & lodging$7,85042%
- Food & beverage$5,25428%
- Education$1371%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 8 | $6,204 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 87 | $5,503 |
| Stryker | 13 | $1,349 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $1,231 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 10 | $1,099 |
| 4web, Inc. | 7 | $1,066 |
| Spineology Inc. | 7 | $468 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $268 |
| Abbott | 5 | $240 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $179 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $155 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $126 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $83 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $73 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Axogen | 2 | $31 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Stability Biologics, LLC | 2 | $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.
- Excelsius - GPS$1,575
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$998
- ACTIVL$948
- ALIF$890
- TLIF$717
- XLIF$542
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$516
- N/A$464
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$332
- Evoke$268
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$215
- Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System$190
- Rampart Duo Ti Interbody Fusion System$171
- Oxinium Hips$146
- Synergy Hip System$146
- Stretto$143
- STRATAFIX$137
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$124
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$122
How this compares
$18,559 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 57 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Georgia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 124 | $1,145 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 108 | $519 |
| Pregabalin | 30 | $306 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 43 | $160 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 76 | $120 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 17 | $113 |
| Methocarbamol | 13 | $107 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $84 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 19 | $80 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $67 |
| Meloxicam | 13 | $17 |
| Diazepam | 30 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Atlanta
- John HellerAtlanta$4.2M
- Scott BodenAtlanta$1.5M
- John RheeAtlanta$1.1M
- Paul JeffordsAtlanta$651K
- Melanie KinchenAtlanta$254K
- Sangwook YoonAtlanta$227K
- Keith MichaelAtlanta$194K
- Brian GohAtlanta$23K
- Plas JamesAtlanta$10K
- Douglass JohnsonAtlanta$7K
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.