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Michael Obrien

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Plano, TXNPI 1679538607

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,038,608 of the $1,038,608 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $492,616 and has fallen 85.1% since, to $73,383 in 2021. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$1,038,608in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 19 payments — averaging $54,664 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$621K
  • Globus Medical$417K

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$1,038,608100%

General payments by program year

19
20
21

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.10$621,425
Globus Medical9$417,183

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.

How this compares

$1,038,608 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.

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