Michelle Welborn
Orthopaedic Surgery · Portland, ORNPI 1821257718
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $319,068 of the $363,620 with a category attached, or 87.7%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 29.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $98,466 and has fallen 53.0% since, to $46,298 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OR 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.
Across 333 payments — averaging $1091.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$108K
- Globus Medical$98K
- Stryker$76K
- AstraZeneca$30K
- Zimmer Biomet$17K
- Medtronic$16K
- plus $19K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$319,06888%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,5001%
- Travel & lodging$30,5698%
- Food & beverage$10,4833%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 76 | $107,510 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 98 | $98,045 |
| Stryker | 50 | $76,110 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $29,555 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 32 | $16,796 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $16,374 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $6,517 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $6,056 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 8 | $4,066 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 4 | $680 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $650 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 5 | $633 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 3 | $283 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $89 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- EXPEDIUM$108,393
- RELINE$50,689
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$50,672
- NAVIGATION$37,128
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$31,996
- The Tether$16,357
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$15,764
- SERRATO$15,011
- EVEREST$14,000
- MESA RAIL$14,000
- NILE ALTERNATIVE FIXATION SYSTEM$10,400
- MAGEC$10,146
- TLIF$8,400
- MAGEC Spinal Bracing and Distraction System$3,589
- Excelsius - GPS$3,019
- XIA 3$2,203
- AIRO$2,126
- XLIF$1,326
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$900
- Pulse$745
How this compares
$363,620 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 228 orthopaedic surgery providers in Oregon.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Portland
- Elizabeth LiebermanPortland$353K
- Jonathan SalesPortland$303K
- James HaydenPortland$264K
- Paul DuweliusPortland$144K
- Stefan TarlowPortland$134K
- Jay ButlerPortland$98K
- John AndersonPortland$43K
- Jeremy BauerPortland$40K
- David PutnamPortland$30K
- Richard AuranPortland$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.