Ngoc-Lam Nguyen, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Sarasota, FLNPI 1508181769
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Innovasis Inc at 56.3% of the total.
Across 308 payments — averaging $1124.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Innovasis Inc$195K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$76K
- Expanding Innovations, Inc.$29K
- Johnson & Johnson$10K
- L&k Spine Inc$8K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$7K
- plus $22K from 17 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $7011.88 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Expanding Innovations, Inc.$28K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$139,64540%
- Speaking & faculty fees$172,28550%
- Travel & lodging$21,8036%
- Food & beverage$12,4824%
- Education$650%
- Other$370%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Innovasis Inc | 27 | $195,019 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 79 | $75,603 |
| Expanding Innovations, Inc. | 9 | $28,858 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 112 | $9,582 |
| L&k Spine Inc | 1 | $8,188 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $6,930 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 13 | $6,052 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 4 | $4,842 |
| Surgentec | 1 | $3,200 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 9 | $2,613 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 20 | $1,584 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 5 | $1,471 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $680 |
| Alevio, LLC | 2 | $518 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 3 | $281 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $190 |
| Stryker | 2 | $181 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 2 | $176 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 3 | $155 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $80 |
| 7d Surgical ULC | 1 | $63 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- VIPER$62,781
- Xvision$27,625
- X-PAC$26,307
- CONDUIT$20,572
- Sentio$20,453
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$7,643
- EXPAREL$6,930
- ION$3,200
- EXPEDIUM$2,383
- MagnetOs$1,005
- Teligen$646
- ALIF$587
- SICURE SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION SYSTEM$518
- CONCORDE$478
- UNID_PASS$465
- Spinal-Stim$212
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$183
- SOVEREIGN$177
- HOFFMANN$161
- AXSOS$161
How this compares
$346,317 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 159 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 486 | $4,002 |
| Methocarbamol | 256 | $3,040 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 147 | $2,046 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 232 | $1,703 |
| Pregabalin | 103 | $1,676 |
| Methylprednisolone | 236 | $1,500 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 103 | $979 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 54 | $906 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 198 | $794 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 52 | $733 |
| Celecoxib | 37 | $578 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 43 | $272 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 20 | $241 |
| Meloxicam | 112 | $184 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 15 | $184 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Sarasota
- Thomas SweeneySarasota$2.3M
- Ashvin PatelSarasota$79K
- Harry ShufflebargerMiami$3.5M
- Paul KellerMelbourne$3.4M
- Geoffrey CronenTampa$2.2M
- James BillysOdessa$1.9M
- Mark DekutoskiDestin$1.8M
- Farhan SiddiqiOdessa$1.7M
- Samuel JosephSafety Harbor$1.7M
- Thomas ErricoMiami$1.6M
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.