Mark Erickson
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Aurora, CONPI 1326135476
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $185,533 of the $257,245 with a category attached, or 72.1%. Medtronic accounts for 97.6% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $82,491 and has fallen 51.3% since, to $40,214 in 2025.
Across 397 payments — averaging $647.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$251K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$702
- Zimvie Inc.$671
- Biedermann Motech, Inc.$517
- Zimmer Biomet$489
- plus $317 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$45,80318%
- Speaking & faculty fees$185,53372%
- Travel & lodging$12,7585%
- Food & beverage$13,1515%
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) | 321 | $251,171 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 35 | $3,378 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 10 | $702 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 13 | $671 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 3 | $517 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $489 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $138 |
| Stryker | 2 | $85 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $5 |
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.
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$129,647
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$46,928
- CD HORIZON$17,805
- MazorX - Renaissance$8,591
- THORACOPORT$8,085
- UNID_PASS$3,247
- MIDAS REX$2,885
- RELINE$768
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$750
- The Tether$404
- MOSS VRS Spinal System$326
- MAGEC$190
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$150
- MOSS100 Pedicle Screw System$147
- UNiD$140
- Virage$138
How this compares
$257,245 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 69 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Colorado.
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Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Aurora
- Christopher CainAurora$3.3M
- Christopher KleckAurora$469K
- David Ou-YangAurora$339K
- Vikas PatelAurora$224K
- Evalina BurgerAurora$90K
- Evan FeneAurora$57K
- Kendra LastowkaAurora$51K
- Stephen PehlerAurora$42K
- Nolan WessellAurora$26K
- Collin WalshAurora$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.