Lane Spero, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Torrington, CTNPI 1235197328
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 51.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $21,346 and has fallen 83.7% since, to $3,484 in 2025.
Across 301 payments — averaging $224.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$34K
- Clariance, Inc.$15K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$6K
- Royal Biologics, Inc.$5K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Highridge Medical LLC$1K
- plus $5K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$910%
- Consulting fees$33,89750%
- Travel & lodging$16,12024%
- Food & beverage$17,51126%
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 | 116 | $34,484 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 26 | $14,711 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 21 | $6,493 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 5 | $4,716 |
| Smith+Nephew | 39 | $1,537 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 5 | $1,168 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 25 | $796 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $616 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 3 | $400 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $373 |
| Avanos Medical | 4 | $281 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 2 | $224 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $219 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 2 | $210 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $208 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $157 |
| Coastal Technology Solutions LLC | 1 | $145 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 6 | $127 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $116 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Vertex | 2 | $44 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $43 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $34 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Idys-LLIF 3DTi$12,028
- AIRO$10,344
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$10,176
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$4,379
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$3,861
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,425
- Bio-Reign 3D$1,300
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$1,167
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$1,025
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$968
- ProLift$822
- MULTIPLE$693
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$670
- AERO-LL$582
- LIF$489
- IdentiTi$300
- Prospera$264
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$251
- Spinal-Stim$185
- M6-C$185
How this compares
$67,619 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 25 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Connecticut.
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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 | 22 | $366 |
| Methylprednisolone | 53 | $348 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $82 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Torrington
- Gerard GirasoleTrumbull$2.1M
- Jeffrey BashMiddletown$840K
- Steven McAnanyStamford$172K
- Shirvinda WijesekeraHamden$168K
- Alex GitelmanStamford$158K
- David BombackDanbury$95K
- Robert StocktonWallingford$71K
- Joseph SohnMiddletown$59K
- Daniel RubioNew Haven$39K
- Raj GalaNew Haven$21K
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.