Michael Eby, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Denver, CONPI 1831585405
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.3%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 35.2% of the total.
Across 103 payments — averaging $131.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$5K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Synthes USA Products LLC$2K
- Medtronic$746
- Highridge Medical LLC$268
- plus $678 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,92514%
- Travel & lodging$5,86043%
- Food & beverage$5,27139%
- Education$4814%
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 | 40 | $4,763 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 17 | $3,182 |
| Stryker | 20 | $1,955 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 2 | $1,944 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $746 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 3 | $268 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| EBI, LLC | 2 | $118 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $53 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $40 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $29 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
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$2,882
- NA$1,925
- Lattus$879
- Mariner Deformity$701
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$580
- NorthStar$542
- XIA 3$444
- LIF$379
- INVICTUS OPEN$296
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$281
- SERRATO$244
- Firebird SI Navigation System$180
- Mariner$173
- Trestle Luxe$159
- SPINEMAP$154
- Virage$149
- PrimaGen$143
- Shoreline ASC$137
- TRITANIUM$130
- STRYKER NAV3I$130
How this compares
$13,536 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 383 orthopaedic surgery providers in Colorado.
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 | 93 | $1,103 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 30 | $295 |
| Methocarbamol | 19 | $231 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $113 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $91 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $84 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Denver
- Douglas DennisDenver$16.8M
- Brian HaasDenver$5.1M
- Charlie YangDenver$3.6M
- Todd MinerDenver$278K
- Benjamin SearsDenver$186K
- Harold HuntDenver$179K
- Wayne GersoffDenver$164K
- Catherine LoganDenver$93K
- David HahnDenver$77K
- Joshua ParryDenver$47K
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.