Peter Sturm
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1245344084
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $58,000 of the $78,585 with a category attached, or 73.8%. Globus Medical accounts for 82.8% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $21,737 and has fallen 69.2% since, to $6,690 in 2025.
Across 155 payments — averaging $507.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$65K
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Biedermann Motech, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$902
- Xtant Medical Inc$850
- plus $745 from 6 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $9833.80 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Globus Medical$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$58,00074%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,5004%
- Travel & lodging$10,57613%
- Food & beverage$6,5098%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 109 | $65,075 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 18 | $6,220 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $3,594 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 5 | $1,199 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $902 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $850 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 3 | $221 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $164 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $113 |
| Stryker | 1 | $97 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $84 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $67 |
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.
- MAGEC$15,755
- MAGEC Spinal Bracing and Distraction System$5,081
- RELINE$4,180
- EXPEDIUM$3,375
- Pulse$1,000
- MOSS VRS Spinal System$937
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$912
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$542
- PRECICE$267
- XLIF$235
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$159
- INVICTUS OPEN$151
How this compares
$78,585 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 52 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Cincinnati
- Shital ParikhCincinnati$24K
- Alvin JonesCincinnati$17K
- James Mc CarthyCincinnati$10K
- Jaime DenningCincinnati$5K
- Wendy RamalingamCincinnati$2K
- Eric WallCincinnati$2K
- Saral PatelCincinnati$1K
- Charles MehlmanCincinnati$655
- Junichi TamaiCincinnati$73
- Ryan GoodwinCleveland$383K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.