Robert Ames, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Cherry Hill, NJNPI 1548649544
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (42.6%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 37.8% of the total.
Across 159 payments — averaging $144.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$9K
- Stryker$7K
- Cerapedics Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$518
- Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc.$449
- plus $1K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,37532%
- Travel & lodging$9,77043%
- Food & beverage$5,26723%
- Education$5122%
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) | 59 | $8,664 |
| Stryker | 32 | $6,500 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 22 | $3,954 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $1,649 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 9 | $518 |
| Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc. | 5 | $449 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 2 | $322 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $283 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $206 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $94 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 3 | $71 |
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.
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$3,461
- ELSA, ELSA AL/ATP$3,400
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$2,350
- MAKO$1,569
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$1,362
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,023
- ALIF$963
- Excelsius - GPS$820
- TRITANIUM$470
- Intracept$444
- CALIBER$347
- STRYKER NAV3I$331
- XIA 3$331
- aprevo$322
- SERRATO$315
- CD HORIZON$206
- Excelsius Robotics System$184
- ARIA$168
- BIO4$168
- Knees Product Portfolio$150
How this compares
$22,924 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 84 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New Jersey.
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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 | 124 | $1,294 |
| Pregabalin | 29 | $919 |
| Celecoxib | 43 | $885 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 96 | $528 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 55 | $492 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 70 | $446 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 46 | $274 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $192 |
| Methylprednisolone | 30 | $178 |
| Alprazolam | 17 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Cherry Hill
- Kristen RadcliffSomers Point$390K
- James SanfilippoMoorestown$380K
- Justin KubeckToms River$309K
- Ramil BhatnagarManasquan$301K
- Jason LowensteinMorristown$294K
- Steven KirshnerMarlton$226K
- Gordon DonaldEatontown$167K
- Grigory GoldbergOcean$161K
- Ki HwangWayne$147K
- James HaleTeaneck$128K
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.