Michael Collins, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Metairie, LANPI 1881080281
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.8%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 36.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $6,664 and has fallen 74.2% since, to $1,720 in 2025.
Across 106 payments — averaging $162.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$6K
- Medtronic$2K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- 4web, Inc.$2K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$2K
- Viseon, Inc.$2K
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,05029%
- Travel & lodging$7,90346%
- Food & beverage$3,51920%
- Education$7754%
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 | 13 | $6,308 |
| Medtronic | 51 | $2,424 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 10 | $1,973 |
| 4web, Inc. | 2 | $1,843 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $1,807 |
| Viseon, Inc. | 1 | $1,750 |
| Globus Medical | 10 | $601 |
| Stryker | 4 | $200 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $103 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 3 | $67 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $27 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
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$5,056
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$1,800
- Lattus$1,751
- OsteoStrand Plus$1,751
- MaxView System$1,750
- INFINITY OCT System$775
- BIOLOGICS$742
- INFINITY OCCIPITOCERVICAL UPPER THORACIC SYSTEM$283
- Battalion PLIF - PS$189
- Meridian$175
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$157
- Adaptix$119
- INDEPENDENCE MIS$110
How this compares
$17,248 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 29 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Louisiana.
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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 | 154 | $1,095 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 82 | $1,038 |
| Methocarbamol | 94 | $972 |
| Methylprednisolone | 85 | $563 |
| Celecoxib | 17 | $412 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $366 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $190 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $150 |
| Meloxicam | 37 | $141 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $135 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $134 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $124 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Metairie
- Joseph ZavatskyMetairie$205K
- Alexis WaguespackMetairie$63K
- Mathew CyriacNew Orleans$368K
- Lon BaronneLafayette$190K
- Charles YuNew Orleans$52K
- Stephen HogeShreveport$48K
- William AccoustiNew Orleans$46K
- Amit BhandutiaNew Orleans$39K
- Milan ModyShreveport$33K
- Christopher CenacHouma$33K
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.