Lauren Edge
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Plano, TXNPI 1306473517
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.3%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by MVP Orthopedics Inc at 37.0% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $12,726.
Across 80 payments — averaging $82.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Arthrex$396
- Zimmer Biomet$364
- Johnson & Johnson$272
- Degen Medical, Inc.$210
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3966%
- Food & beverage$3,69356%
- Education$2,47338%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 3 | $2,429 |
| Stryker | 45 | $1,708 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $396 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $364 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $272 |
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 1 | $210 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $175 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $159 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 3 | $149 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $101 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $88 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $81 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $61 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $56 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- NA$265
- ALIF$210
- INSIGNIA$170
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$160
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$160
- LATITUDE EV$160
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$160
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$160
- mymobility Platform$150
- VARIAX$148
- Mariner Deformity$141
- RESTORATION$140
- Persona$140
- TLIF$136
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$101
How this compares
$6,562 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
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Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Plano
- Michael ObrienPlano$1M
- Scott BlumenthalPlano$833K
- Richard GuyerPlano$758K
- Ralph RashbaumPlano$616K
- Mark ValentePlano$411K
- Jessica ShellockPlano$264K
- Anthony OwusuPlano$149K
- Kendall CarllPlano$138K
- Alexander SatinPlano$83K
- Renato BositaPlano$51K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.