Marco Mendoza, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Carson City, NVNPI 1255627964
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.9%), travel and lodging and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 50.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,854 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $96 in 2025.
Across 189 payments — averaging $58.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$1K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$222
- Si-bone, Inc.$117
- plus $413 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,53650%
- Food & beverage$5,54550%
- Entertainment$280%
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 | 103 | $5,631 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 31 | $2,127 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 20 | $1,454 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $1,145 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $222 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $117 |
| Amgen | 3 | $48 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $42 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $35 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $30 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 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.
- TRITANIUM$1,553
- XLIF$1,308
- SERRATO$823
- ES2$823
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$805
- Other - Miscellaneous$785
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$596
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$560
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$175
- ALIF$152
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$145
- Pulse$109
- Osteocel$109
- Modulus$109
- MOJAVE$104
How this compares
$11,109 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 135 orthopaedic surgery providers in Nevada.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 33 | $630 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 88 | $608 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $393 |
| Methylprednisolone | 49 | $308 |
| Gabapentin | 52 | $301 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 52 | $209 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 57 | $206 |
| Methocarbamol | 45 | $202 |
| Meloxicam | 25 | $92 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Carson City
- Rueben NairCarson City$29K
- Jeffrey CummingsCarson City$25K
- Nicholas DirigCarson City$9K
- Mark BarryLas Vegas$9.5M
- Erik KubiakLas Vegas$7.8M
- Russell NevinsLas Vegas$1.5M
- Vladimir SinkovLas Vegas$434K
- Robert TaitHenderson$365K
- Ronald HillockLas Vegas$275K
- Galen KamLas Vegas$270K
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.