Mark McFarland, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Newport News, VANPI 1841352671
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (46.9%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 28.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,776, 2.0 times the $1,857 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $18,012.
Across 138 payments — averaging $69.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
- Spinefrontier, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$706
- Medacta USA, Inc.$545
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,66317%
- Travel & lodging$4,51647%
- Food & beverage$3,38235%
- Education$651%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 9 | $2,751 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 6 | $1,715 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $1,370 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 56 | $1,265 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 9 | $706 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 6 | $545 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 7 | $208 |
| Spineology Inc. | 4 | $163 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $126 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Stryker | 5 | $119 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $108 |
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $53 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $45 |
| VB Spine LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $33 |
| Trackx Technology, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| 7d Surgical ULC | 1 | $14 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,726
- PedFuse Remind$1,663
- ACIFT Solofuse$1,663
- NanoFuse$1,663
- PLIFT$1,663
- Intracept$1,162
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$429
- MYSPINE$409
- INFUSE BONE GRAFT$140
- EQUINOXE$125
- Vault C$102
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$102
How this compares
$9,625 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 43 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Virginia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine | 42 | $3,874 |
| Methocarbamol | 231 | $2,987 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 123 | $1,759 |
| Methylprednisolone | 149 | $974 |
| Gabapentin | 174 | $711 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 84 | $708 |
| Celecoxib | 19 | $638 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 57 | $599 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 75 | $520 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 67 | $482 |
| Ibuprofen | 48 | $388 |
| Meloxicam | 150 | $311 |
| Cephalexin | 60 | $301 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $277 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 67 | $232 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Newport News
- Jeffrey CarlsonNewport News$295K
- Jed VanichkachornRichmond$2.3M
- Christopher GoodReston$1.7M
- John SimpsonRichmond$880K
- Colin HainesReston$700K
- Ehsan JaziniReston$502K
- Francis ShenCharlottesville$432K
- Thomas SciosciaRichmond$274K
- Thomas SullivanMidlothian$83K
- Corey WallachArlington$77K
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.