Nicholas Mataragas, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Deerfield Beach, FLNPI 1487621009
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $183,901 of the $204,542 with a category attached, or 89.9%. Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. accounts for 84.9% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $81,048 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $2,763 in 2025.
Across 61 payments — averaging $3353.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$174K
- Globus Medical$17K
- Xtant Medical Inc$12K
- Spineology Inc.$535
- Stryker$447
- DJO, LLC$245
- plus $236 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$183,90190%
- Consulting fees$17,7929%
- Travel & lodging$1,4191%
- Food & beverage$1,4301%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 24 | $173,586 |
| Globus Medical | 12 | $17,266 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 7 | $12,226 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $535 |
| Stryker | 2 | $447 |
| DJO, LLC | 5 | $245 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $49 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $27 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
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.
- FORTILINK-TS IBF SYSTEM$125,700
- FORTILINK-TS IBF SYSTEM WITH TETRAFUSE 3D TECHNOLOGY$28,710
- TRANSCONTINENTAL$17,238
- STREAMLINE MIS SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM$11,000
- FORTILINK-C IBF SYSTEM$6,792
- ALLOGRAFT$1,385
- Rampart Duo Ti Interbody Fusion System$414
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$404
- Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System$120
How this compares
$204,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 46 | $112 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 23 | $107 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $86 |
| Diazepam | 15 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Deerfield Beach
- Harry ShufflebargerMiami$3.5M
- Paul KellerMelbourne$3.4M
- Thomas SweeneySarasota$2.3M
- 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
- Constantine ToumbisCrystal River$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.