Michael Daubs
Orthopaedic Surgery · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1275528416
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $206,261 of the $215,051 with a category attached, or 95.9%. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. accounts for 95.9% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $117,647 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $198 in 2024. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NV 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 50 payments — averaging $4301.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$206K
- Synthes GmbH$6K
- Globus Medical$865
- Zimmer Biomet$639
- Medtronic$459
- Zimvie Inc.$319
- plus $939 from 9 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $3713.91 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.
- Pfizer$15K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$206,26196%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,0001%
- Travel & lodging$3,0631%
- Food & beverage$2,7271%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 9 | $206,261 |
| Synthes GmbH | 6 | $5,569 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $865 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $639 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $459 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $319 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $230 |
| Stryker | 1 | $145 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 2 | $123 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $119 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $118 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $78 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $62 |
| Lifenet Health | 2 | $46 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 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.
- MATRIX$206,261
- Excelsius - GPS$845
- Spine-None$248
- Shoreline$230
- The Tether$173
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$145
- Virage$124
- Spine Product Portfolio$104
How this compares
$215,051 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 135 orthopaedic surgery providers in Nevada.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Las Vegas
- Mark BarryLas Vegas$9.5M
- Erik KubiakLas Vegas$7.8M
- Russell NevinsLas Vegas$1.5M
- Vladimir SinkovLas Vegas$434K
- Ronald HillockLas Vegas$275K
- Galen KamLas Vegas$270K
- John BaldaufLas Vegas$117K
- Brian CarrLas Vegas$91K
- Brandon RomeroLas Vegas$72K
- Matthew BudgeLas Vegas$71K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.