Kyle Kesler, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1578091088
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $12,740 of the $19,029 with a category attached, or 67.0%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 39.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,989 and has fallen 54.1% since, to $2,289 in 2025.
Across 138 payments — averaging $137.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$8K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$5K
- Stryker$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$549
- plus $332 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$12,74067%
- Food & beverage$5,74030%
- Education$5493%
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) | 26 | $7,583 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 34 | $5,176 |
| Stryker | 13 | $1,850 |
| Medtronic | 49 | $1,829 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 7 | $1,711 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $549 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $79 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, 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.
- CORBEL$3,115
- Quartex$1,621
- Mariner$1,569
- 7D Surgical System$1,123
- Excelsius - GPS$1,049
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$868
- PRODISC L$861
- Firebird SI Navigation System$846
- PRODISC C VIVO$768
- N/A$644
- MISCELLANEOUS$617
- CREO$359
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$265
- ALTERA$257
- Meridian$236
- Explorer TO$184
- Lattus$184
- Mariner MIS$184
- NAVLOCK$161
- TLIF$160
How this compares
$19,029 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 239 | $1,898 |
| Celecoxib | 38 | $998 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 18 | $557 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 32 | $366 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 35 | $228 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 20 | $225 |
| Pregabalin | 32 | $201 |
| Methocarbamol | 14 | $133 |
| Methylprednisolone | 22 | $112 |
| Meloxicam | 41 | $84 |
| Diazepam | 12 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Chattanooga
- James JolleyChattanooga$231K
- Scott HodgesChattanooga$45K
- Benjamin GeddesChattanooga$15K
- Graham AlbertChattanooga$8K
- Adam CaputoChattanooga$1K
- Richard PearceChattanooga$448
- Paul BroadstoneChattanooga$51
- Lawrence BabatNashville$928K
- Raymond GardockiNashville$666K
- Samuel SchroerluckeMemphis$451K
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.