Maksim Shlykov, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1104346337
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.2%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 38.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,076 and has fallen 57.0% since, to $2,184 in 2025.
Across 108 payments — averaging $128.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$5K
- Medtronic$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Smaio SA$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Highridge Medical LLC$869
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,02043%
- Food & beverage$6,83449%
- Education$1,0257%
- Entertainment$200%
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 | 26 | $5,276 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $2,138 |
| Stryker | 9 | $1,228 |
| Smaio SA | 5 | $1,089 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,025 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 6 | $869 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $552 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $447 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $203 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $165 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 3 | $160 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $158 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $108 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $75 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $73 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $53 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $52 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $24 |
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.
- Sable$1,984
- Quartex$1,593
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,120
- Xvision$823
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$601
- Vital$486
- Senza$353
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$285
- ESCALATE$244
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$224
- Excelsius Robotics System$224
- TIMBERLINE MPF LATERAL MODULAR PLATE FIXATION SYSTEM$197
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$175
- COALITION$173
- ALTERA$173
- FORTIFY$173
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$169
- UNID_PASS$153
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$145
- Mobi-C$143
How this compares
$13,898 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 49 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Maryland.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 178 | $1,211 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 196 | $1,174 |
| Gabapentin | 247 | $1,160 |
| Pregabalin | 40 | $349 |
| Meloxicam | 55 | $328 |
| Baclofen | 14 | $143 |
| Methocarbamol | 20 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Baltimore
- John CarboneBaltimore$25M
- Steven LudwigBaltimore$2.7M
- Paul McAfeeBaltimore$2.2M
- Amit JainBaltimore$250K
- Mesfin LemmaBaltimore$47K
- Daniel GelbBaltimore$40K
- Charles EdwardsBaltimore$17K
- Zan NaseerBaltimore$16K
- Syed KarimBaltimore$12K
- David FalkBaltimore$10K
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.