Matthew Colman, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Chicago, ILNPI 1205002607
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $232,730 of the $334,218 with a category attached, or 69.6%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 39.8% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 247 payments — averaging $1353.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$133K
- Stryker$90K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$38K
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$21K
- VB Spine LLC$12K
- Eminent Spine, LLC$10K
- plus $31K from 12 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $2426.61 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$10K
- Pfizer$3K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$57,91317%
- Consulting fees$232,73070%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,7501%
- Travel & lodging$33,12110%
- Food & beverage$8,6823%
- Entertainment$220%
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 | 96 | $132,964 |
| Stryker | 54 | $89,514 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 39 | $38,364 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 8 | $20,574 |
| VB Spine LLC | 5 | $12,157 |
| Eminent Spine, LLC | 2 | $10,103 |
| Happe Spine | 1 | $10,060 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 5 | $5,362 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 11 | $5,199 |
| Xenix Medical LLC | 2 | $3,840 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 9 | $3,236 |
| Synthes GmbH | 3 | $1,893 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 5 | $517 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $222 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $79 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 1 | $35 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $4 |
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$71,734
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$62,375
- IdentiTi$48,258
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$36,738
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$31,826
- SERRATO$29,688
- Xvision$26,250
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$22,100
- MagnetOs$20,430
- XIA 3$14,625
- OASYS$14,625
- TRITANIUM$12,750
- MONTEREY AL$12,350
- AVIATOR$10,625
- M6-C$10,097
- INTEGRATE-C$10,060
- Eminent Spine SI Screw System$9,450
- CAPRI$8,775
- EVEREST XT$8,775
- M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc$7,150
How this compares
$334,218 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Illinois.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 319 | $3,159 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 259 | $2,843 |
| Pregabalin | 115 | $2,562 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 227 | $2,109 |
| Meloxicam | 278 | $804 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 216 | $577 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 95 | $521 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 22 | $474 |
| Methylprednisolone | 70 | $394 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 53 | $131 |
| Celecoxib | 20 | $122 |
| Methocarbamol | 21 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Chicago
- Frank PhillipsChicago$3.9M
- Kern SinghChicago$1.3M
- Christopher DewaldChicago$1.2M
- Arash SayariChicago$174K
- Michael LeeChicago$107K
- Gregory LopezChicago$88K
- Howard AnChicago$82K
- Purnendu GuptaChicago$33K
- Karan PatelChicago$13K
- Neil MohileChicago$8K
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.