Rick Sasso
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Carmel, INNPI 1619072956
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,347,210 of the $1,621,122 with a category attached, or 83.1%. Globus Medical accounts for 67.0% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 179 payments — averaging $9056.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$1.1M
- Medtronic$465K
- Spineart USA Inc$31K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$31K
- Zimmer Biomet$6K
- Stryker$445
- plus $812 from 5 others
Across 211 payments — averaging $7008.65 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.
- Spineart SA$584K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$221K
- Globus Medical$218K
- Cerapedics Inc.$144K
- Spineart USA Inc$139K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$123K
- plus $49K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,347,21083%
- Consulting fees$245,55015%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5700%
- Travel & lodging$15,5471%
- Food & beverage$5,0560%
- Education$6,1900%
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) | 78 | $1,086,264 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 44 | $465,491 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 3 | $31,066 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 21 | $30,855 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 16 | $6,190 |
| Stryker | 4 | $445 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 5 | $442 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 3 | $130 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
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.
- RELINE$621,392
- ACP$601,444
- VENTURE$333,763
- VENTURE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$128,690
- Scarlet AL-T$31,000
- M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc$29,680
- PCM$15,600
- PEEK Corpectomy$15,600
- Persona$2,374
- VERTEX$1,673
- JANUS Midline Fixation Screw$1,000
- NGage Surgical Mesh System$1,000
- SKYHAWK Lateral Interbody Fusion System$1,000
- NewBridge Laminoplasty Fixation System$1,000
- Hallmark Anterior Cervical Plate (ACP) System$1,000
- Lapidus Plate$997
- ROSA$880
- G7$479
- Comprehensive Anatomic$306
- Stratum Foot Plating System$303
How this compares
$1,621,122 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 48 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Indiana.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 24 | $436 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $198 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $160 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Carmel
- Paul KraemerCarmel$276K
- Barrett BoodyCarmel$59K
- Michael McCarthyCarmel$50K
- Joseph SmuckerCarmel$39K
- Praveen PerniCarmel$16K
- Justin MillerCarmel$7K
- Stephen RitterCarmel$4K
- James HardackerCarmel$746
- David SchwartzIndianapolis$1.5M
- Zeshan HyderCrown Point$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.