Matthew Michel, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Toms River, NJNPI 1992202956
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 38.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,035, 2.4 times the $2,502 reported in 2023.
Across 79 payments — averaging $136.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Synthes GmbH$728
- Si-bone, Inc.$232
- plus $724 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,81754%
- Food & beverage$4,95846%
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 | 8 | $4,138 |
| Medtronic | 37 | $2,140 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,518 |
| Globus Medical | 10 | $1,294 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $728 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $232 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 3 | $220 |
| MML US, Inc. | 2 | $184 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $176 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $113 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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$4,036
- SYMPHONY$1,260
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$373
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$325
- HEDRON IA$233
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$169
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$161
- ALIF Instruments (Universal)$160
- CALIBER$152
- Teligen$148
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$148
- ReActiv8$148
- FORTIFY$145
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$142
- UNID_PASS$134
- Lattus$120
How this compares
$10,775 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 84 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New Jersey.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $113 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Toms River
- Justin KubeckToms River$309K
- Sripad DhawlikarToms River$6K
- Kristen RadcliffSomers Point$390K
- James SanfilippoMoorestown$380K
- Ramil BhatnagarManasquan$301K
- Jason LowensteinMorristown$294K
- Steven KirshnerMarlton$226K
- Gordon DonaldEatontown$167K
- Grigory GoldbergOcean$161K
- Ki HwangWayne$147K
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.