Phillip Horne, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Cary, NCNPI 1073757720
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (35.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 79.9% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $17,810 and has fallen 69.5% since, to $5,424 in 2025.
Across 115 payments — averaging $392.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$36K
- Restor3d, Inc.$6K
- Abbott$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$513
- Cerapedics Inc.$261
- plus $107 from 4 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $26,557 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$159K
Across 1 payment — averaging $180,538 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Restor3d, Inc.$181K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$5,66613%
- Consulting fees$16,10036%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,01322%
- Travel & lodging$9,67121%
- Food & beverage$3,3898%
- Education$2611%
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) | 70 | $36,038 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 6 | $5,666 |
| Abbott | 10 | $1,492 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $1,022 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $513 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 10 | $261 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $46 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $27 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Excelsius - GPS$18,543
- Excelsius Robotics System$8,604
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,671
- PROCLAIM$1,132
- RISE-L$940
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$780
- EXCELSIUS$510
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$251
- Orbit-R Anterior Lumbar Disc$135
- Pulse$119
- ETERNA$118
How this compares
$45,100 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 32 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 78 | $746 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 87 | $701 |
| Pregabalin | 36 | $618 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 65 | $494 |
| Methylprednisolone | 56 | $346 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 38 | $275 |
| Methocarbamol | 25 | $244 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $174 |
| Meloxicam | 58 | $155 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $155 |
| Diazepam | 37 | $54 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Cary
- Nael ShantiCary$15K
- Peter PassiasDurham$553K
- Daniel WilliamsPinehurst$443K
- Alexander LemonsPinehurst$389K
- Daniel CavanaughChapel Hill$246K
- Olumide DanisaDurham$198K
- Conor ReganRaleigh$149K
- Michael MooreGreensboro$83K
- Daniel LeasConcord$42K
- Brett RocosDurham$40K
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.