Matthew Gerlach, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Longmont, CONPI 1861440729
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,971 of the $6,275 with a category attached, or 63.3%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 47.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,089 and has fallen 76.9% since, to $714 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $28,402.
Across 61 payments — averaging $102.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$2K
- Axogen$635
- Globus Medical$398
- Medtronic$181
- Carbofix Spine Inc$143
- plus $129 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,30437%
- Food & beverage$3,97163%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 21 | $2,950 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 18 | $1,838 |
| Axogen | 6 | $635 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $398 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $181 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $143 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 7 | $113 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $16 |
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$1,160
- Reef TA$661
- Reef TH$661
- Mariner$624
- Reef TO$521
- LIF$508
- ELSA$398
- Invictus MIS$357
- Cabo$154
- NanoMetalene Technology$140
- Shoreline ASC$140
- Cabo ACP$130
How this compares
$6,275 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 69 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Colorado.
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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 | 15 | $125 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $81 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Longmont
- George FreyDenver$5.3M
- Christopher CainAurora$3.3M
- Edward DonnerJohnstown$2.5M
- Jim YoussefDurango$2.3M
- Scott StanleyParker$1.7M
- Timothy KukloDenver$1.3M
- Michael GallizziLone Tree$1.2M
- Douglas BeardFort Collins$583K
- Robert BenzFort Collins$581K
- William BiggsFort Collins$581K
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.