Lauren Barber, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Richmond, VANPI 1255863882
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $9,807 of the $15,820 with a category attached, or 62.0%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 47.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,473 and has fallen 88.5% since, to $1,093 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $18,012.
Across 126 payments — averaging $125.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Stryker$3K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$629
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$234
- plus $480 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,80762%
- Food & beverage$6,01338%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 65 | $7,477 |
| Stryker | 17 | $2,773 |
| Globus Medical | 20 | $2,284 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,944 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 8 | $629 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $234 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $230 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $120 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $46 |
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.
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$3,544
- N/A$1,708
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,580
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,036
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$656
- CD HORIZON$312
- Sable$239
- MagnetOs$230
- Other - Miscellaneous$174
- INVICTUS OPEN$148
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$129
- RELINE$128
- FORTIFY$128
- Intracept$120
- TRITANIUM$117
How this compares
$15,820 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 43 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Virginia.
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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 Richmond
- Jed VanichkachornRichmond$2.3M
- John SimpsonRichmond$880K
- Thomas SciosciaRichmond$274K
- Adam CrowlRichmond$63K
- Sean KellyRichmond$19K
- Christopher GoodReston$1.7M
- Colin HainesReston$700K
- Ehsan JaziniReston$502K
- Francis ShenCharlottesville$432K
- Jeffrey CarlsonNewport News$295K
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.