Mark Dekutoski
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Destin, FLNPI 1386622348
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,749,001 of the $1,750,551 with a category attached, or 99.9%. Medtronic accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 88 payments — averaging $19,893 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1.7M
- Globus Medical$824
- Nevro Corp.$167
- Johnson & Johnson$148
- Spine Wave, Inc.$137
- Zimvie Inc.$32
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,749,001100%
- Food & beverage$1,5500%
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(2 entities) | 72 | $1,749,243 |
| Globus Medical | 9 | $824 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $167 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $148 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $32 |
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$1,060,552
- CD HORIZON$688,449
- COHERE$161
- X-CORE$148
- Omnia$141
- SPINAL IMPLANT$137
How this compares
$1,750,551 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 159 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Florida.
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Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Destin
- Harry ShufflebargerMiami$3.5M
- Paul KellerMelbourne$3.4M
- Thomas SweeneySarasota$2.3M
- Geoffrey CronenTampa$2.2M
- James BillysOdessa$1.9M
- Farhan SiddiqiOdessa$1.7M
- Samuel JosephSafety Harbor$1.7M
- Thomas ErricoMiami$1.6M
- Constantine ToumbisCrystal River$1.6M
- Victor HayesOdessa$1.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.