Raj Gala, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · New Haven, CTNPI 1457797276
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.5%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 28.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $7,795 and has fallen 55.5% since, to $3,470 in 2025.
Across 123 payments — averaging $167.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$6K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Spine Wave, Inc.$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$563
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,80018%
- Travel & lodging$11,40556%
- Food & beverage$5,33926%
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) | 29 | $5,925 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 14 | $4,220 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 10 | $3,876 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $2,103 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $1,692 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $563 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $487 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $444 |
| Stryker | 9 | $362 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $298 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $166 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $108 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $30 |
| Abbott | 1 | $28 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- SALVO SPINE SYSTEM$3,800
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,676
- Excelsius - GPS$2,313
- Teligen$2,092
- MARS 3VL$1,778
- VERTIFLEX SUPERION$1,185
- CORBEL$586
- ELSA ATP$300
- Evoke SCS$298
- INVICTUS OPEN$240
- Trestle Luxe$159
- SafeOp$143
- IdentiTi$143
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$122
- EXPEDIUM$120
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$119
- iFuse Implant$116
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$115
- HemoBlast Bellows$109
- Senza$108
How this compares
$20,544 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 25 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Connecticut.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 16 | $122 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 16 | $79 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in New Haven
- Daniel RubioNew Haven$39K
- Courtney ToombsNew Haven$6K
- Gerard GirasoleTrumbull$2.1M
- Jeffrey BashMiddletown$840K
- Steven McAnanyStamford$172K
- Shirvinda WijesekeraHamden$168K
- Alex GitelmanStamford$158K
- David BombackDanbury$95K
- Robert StocktonWallingford$71K
- Lane SperoTorrington$68K
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.