Philip Zakko
Orthopaedic Surgery · Taylor, MINPI 1598322620
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (46.6%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 24.6% of the total.
Across 147 payments — averaging $110.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Stryker$4K
- Pinnacle, Inc$872
- Medtronic$699
- Zimmer Biomet$418
- plus $3K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,58347%
- Food & beverage$7,56046%
- Education$1,1477%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $4,000 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 45 | $3,817 |
| Stryker | 46 | $3,721 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 7 | $872 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $699 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $418 |
| VB Spine LLC | 2 | $400 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $373 |
| Axogen | 2 | $301 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 3 | $253 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $222 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 2 | $220 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $168 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $158 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $142 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $49 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $15 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,844
- Excelsius - GPS$1,525
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$803
- AERO-LL$803
- ACCOLADE$567
- MAKO$567
- ELSA$404
- RELINE$347
- TRITANIUM$309
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$301
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$284
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$273
- Senza$272
- Persona$250
- INDEPENDENCE$174
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$168
- 1588$168
- O-ARM$157
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$153
- DVR Crosslock Plates/Screws/Pegs$148
How this compares
$16,289 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 829 orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Taylor
- Alexander MartusiewiczTaylor$87K
- Asheesh BediAnn Arbor$9.4M
- Jerome WiaterBeverly Hills$3.9M
- Mark PintoChelsea$3.2M
- Kyle AndersonBingham Farms$3.1M
- Stephen BartolDetroit$2.6M
- Jad KhalilSouthfield$1.9M
- Jeffrey FischgrundSouthfield$1.8M
- John BlahaAnn Arbor$1.5M
- David MarkelSouthfield$1.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.