Michael Conti Mica, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1386900652
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.0%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 41.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,770, 2.1 times the $2,757 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $49,864.
Across 200 payments — averaging $96.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$8K
- Arthrex$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,00021%
- Travel & lodging$5,79830%
- Food & beverage$9,43949%
- Education$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 105 | $7,982 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $3,750 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 24 | $1,471 |
| Medtronic | 19 | $1,252 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 8 | $1,243 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,184 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $353 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $275 |
| Stryker | 12 | $256 |
| Abbott | 3 | $254 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $250 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 6 | $221 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $202 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 2 | $193 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $40 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $33 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- XLIF$2,483
- ALIF$1,429
- Velys$1,284
- Pulse$1,265
- Teligen$1,089
- AttraX$529
- SYMPHONY$347
- Modulus$344
- Excelsius - GPS$285
- ACF$264
- PRODISC L$202
- UNID_PASS$171
- Archon$169
- Excelsius Spine 1.1$165
- TLX$160
- PROCLAIM$156
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$144
- Biomet SpinalPak Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System$141
- ACP$138
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$136
How this compares
$19,247 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Arizona.
See all orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Arizona →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 15 | $408 |
| Gabapentin | 31 | $371 |
| Pregabalin | 15 | $216 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 27 | $202 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 20 | $197 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 36 | $128 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $116 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $77 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Scottsdale
- Todd DoerrScottsdale$614K
- Keven BurnsScottsdale$97K
- David PriorScottsdale$23K
- Edward DohringScottsdale$16K
- Jonathan BoyceScottsdale$11K
- Toure VashonScottsdale$7K
- John CaleScottsdale$3K
- Justin FieldPhoenix$2.3M
- John HallFlagstaff$783K
- Nima SalariPhoenix$741K
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.