Rafath Baig, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Mesa, AZNPI 1194883223
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.0%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 64.4% of it on its own, with 32 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $16,549 and has fallen 79.7% since, to $3,363 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $49,864.
Across 123 payments — averaging $208.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$17K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$2K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Highridge Medical LLC$909
- Medtronic$751
- Trackx Technology, Inc.$738
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,47510%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,30025%
- Travel & lodging$11,51945%
- Food & beverage$5,33121%
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) | 39 | $16,514 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 5 | $2,327 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 15 | $1,908 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 6 | $909 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $751 |
| Trackx Technology, Inc. | 2 | $738 |
| Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. | 1 | $386 |
| Stryker | 4 | $251 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 6 | $182 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $174 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $150 |
| Amgen | 9 | $145 |
| Abbott | 3 | $145 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 1 | $128 |
| Stability Biologics, LLC | 1 | $115 |
| Expanding Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $79 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $64 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $19 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 2 | $19 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $18 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ALIF$8,775
- PRODISC C VIVO$2,102
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$2,008
- RISE$1,716
- Mariner Deformity$1,212
- Excelsius - GPS$1,084
- CORBEL$685
- MARS 3V/3VL$642
- 7D Surgical System$563
- RISE-L . RISE-L A/L$488
- FORTIFY$425
- 7D Surgical FLASH Frame$343
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$337
- PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM$303
- Spine-None$231
- Vital$176
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$166
- nanoLOCK-C$162
- LATERAL ACCESS SPINAL SYSTEM$160
- Palisade Pedicle Screw System$152
How this compares
$25,625 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Arizona.
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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.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Mesa
- Michael ChangMesa$692K
- Dennis CrandallMesa$496K
- James TaylorMesa$2K
- Justin MauroMesa$2K
- Justin FieldPhoenix$2.3M
- John HallFlagstaff$783K
- Nima SalariPhoenix$741K
- Harvinder BediPhoenix$740K
- Todd DoerrScottsdale$614K
- Mark WangPhoenix$573K
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.