Patrick Curlee, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Germantown, TNNPI 1386631976
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.0% of the total across 129 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 73.5% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $7,717.
Across 129 payments — averaging $49.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$659
- Nanovis LLC$357
- Implanet America, Inc.$173
- Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp.$92
- Si-bone, Inc.$73
- plus $328 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1873%
- Food & beverage$6,14597%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 98 | $4,651 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 11 | $659 |
| Nanovis LLC | 3 | $357 |
| Implanet America, Inc. | 1 | $173 |
| Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. | 1 | $92 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 1 | $64 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $53 |
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 1 | $43 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$2,274
- INTELLIS$729
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$290
- SYNCHROMED$166
- Accurian$141
- PILLAR AL$135
- FORZA$125
- FIREBIRD NXG$125
- ASCENT;ASCENT LE;FIREBIRD SFS;ICON SFS;SFS$125
- M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc$115
How this compares
$6,332 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 51 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Tennessee.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 215 | $3,013 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 134 | $2,161 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 101 | $1,759 |
| Gabapentin | 187 | $1,566 |
| Celecoxib | 64 | $1,555 |
| Methylprednisolone | 108 | $777 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 123 | $604 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 44 | $440 |
| Methocarbamol | 52 | $375 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 61 | $340 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 27 | $281 |
| Meloxicam | 98 | $274 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 12 | $140 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 14 | $124 |
| Diazepam | 17 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Germantown
- Keith WilliamsGermantown$5K
- Lawrence BabatNashville$928K
- Raymond GardockiNashville$666K
- Samuel SchroerluckeMemphis$451K
- James JolleyChattanooga$231K
- John BurlesonSmyrna$184K
- Michael McNamaraFranklin$150K
- John KlekampFranklin$148K
- Daniel WellsKnoxville$135K
- Colin CrosbyNashville$134K
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.