Paul Saiz, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Las Cruces, NMNPI 1124076948
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.9%), travel and lodging and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 40.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,618 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $97 in 2025.
Across 98 payments — averaging $62.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Cerapedics Inc.$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$906
- DJO, LLC$631
- Abbott$430
- Medtronic$365
- plus $207 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$90615%
- Travel & lodging$2,08234%
- Food & beverage$3,09751%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 14 | $2,473 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 11 | $1,074 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $906 |
| DJO, LLC | 43 | $631 |
| Abbott | 6 | $430 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $365 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $82 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
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.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$2,082
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$1,179
- V2F Anterior Fixation System$883
- i-FACTOR Putty$188
- N/A$155
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$135
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$109
- Proclaim IPG$107
How this compares
$6,086 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 107 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 42 | $973 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 71 | $885 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $447 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 23 | $288 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $284 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $134 |
| Baclofen | 13 | $110 |
| Diazepam | 12 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Las Cruces
- Luv SinghLas Cruces$17K
- Nathan WignerLas Cruces$6K
- Fernando RavessoudLas Cruces$6K
- Deana MercerAlbuquerque$901K
- Dan GuttmanTaos$530K
- David ChafeyAlbuquerque$108K
- Heather MenzerAlbuquerque$61K
- Ernesto Otero LopezAlbuquerque$50K
- Rick GehlertAlbuquerque$46K
- Jeffrey BeckenbaughAlbuquerque$46K
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.