Michael Kapsokavathis, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Birmingham, MINPI 1568664134
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $86,534 of the $120,487 with a category attached, or 71.8%. Spineart SA accounts for 71.8% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $31,087 and has fallen 57.2% since, to $13,303 in 2025.
Across 87 payments — averaging $1384.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spineart SA$87K
- Spineart USA Inc$14K
- SC Medica$8K
- Precision Spine, Inc.$5K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$3K
- Spine Wave, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$86,53472%
- Consulting fees$6,5005%
- Travel & lodging$21,26218%
- Food & beverage$6,1915%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spineart SA | 9 | $86,534 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 22 | $14,256 |
| SC Medica | 2 | $7,525 |
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 6 | $5,275 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 8 | $2,742 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 5 | $1,268 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 16 | $1,197 |
| Neo Spine USA, Inc. | 6 | $673 |
| Innovasis Inc | 3 | $277 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $229 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Kahtnu Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Stryker | 1 | $26 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $21 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Pinnacle, 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.
- Scarlet AC$40,525
- NAVIGATION$23,639
- SCARLET AC-T - CERVICAL CAGE LORDOTIC$21,202
- Scarlet AL-T$9,454
- MD Vue Lateral Access System$4,000
- PRODISC C VIVO$2,125
- REFORM TI CT MODULAR MIS PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM$2,000
- Spinal Implants$1,237
- PERLA C$1,168
- Romeo 2$1,000
- FlareHawk$547
- STALIF C FLX$500
- Neo Pedicle Screw System$423
- SCARLET AC-T$354
- Perla TL$214
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$153
- M6-C$143
- Talkeetna, Kasilof, CHENA-C$138
- MD VUE LATERAL ACCESS$131
How this compares
$120,487 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 37 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Michigan.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $136 |
| Mupirocin | 13 | $74 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Birmingham
- Peter BonoSouthfield$786K
- Joseph BrownGrand Rapids$565K
- Nilesh PatelDearborn$449K
- Michael KastenKalamazoo$261K
- John LamacchiaRochester$179K
- Joshua EllwitzKalamazoo$150K
- Michael DonahueAuburn Hills$96K
- Matthew KarekGrand Rapids$90K
- Jeffrey WingateWarren$57K
- Rasheed AbiolaLivonia$43K
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.