Robert Ryu, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Columbus, OHNPI 1316260540
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $50,000 of the $61,116 with a category attached, or 81.8%. Globus Medical accounts for 82.3% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $51,265 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $219 in 2025.
Across 82 payments — averaging $745.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$50K
- Medtronic$6K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$676
- COSA Medical, LLC$669
- Stryker$599
- Si-bone, Inc.$370
- plus $2K from 15 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $8337.60 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Overture Orthopaedics$8K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,7258%
- Grants$50,00082%
- Travel & lodging$1,2172%
- Food & beverage$4,9368%
- Education$2200%
- Entertainment$190%
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 | 6 | $50,273 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $6,227 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 9 | $676 |
| COSA Medical, LLC | 2 | $669 |
| Stryker | 10 | $599 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $370 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $320 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $297 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $265 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $231 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 2 | $181 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $161 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $147 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $134 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $126 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $90 |
| BREG, Inc | 1 | $83 |
| Amplify Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $58 |
| Overture Orthopaedics | 1 | $19 |
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.
- CLYDESDALE PTC SPINAL SYSTEM$4,495
- Xvision$745
- PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM$405
- Spinal-Stim$400
- CD HORIZON$386
- MAKO$351
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$242
- Other - Miscellaneous$231
- ACCOLADE$178
- TRITANIUM$178
- TRIDENT$178
- RESTORATION$178
- HEMOX$168
- Cervical-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$142
- Spinal-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$142
- ENDURANT IIS$141
- XLIF$141
- RELINE$141
- Stimulan$134
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$126
How this compares
$61,116 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 45 | $1,370 |
| Gabapentin | 159 | $1,084 |
| Methocarbamol | 96 | $787 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 75 | $514 |
| Methylprednisolone | 91 | $443 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 36 | $369 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 21 | $245 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 24 | $239 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $76 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $31 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 19 | $25 |
| Lorazepam | 19 | $10 |
| Amoxicillin | 15 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Columbus
- Daniel DegenovaColumbus$17K
- Collin LambaColumbus$3K
- Varun SinghColumbus$2K
- Ashok BiyaniToledo$1.2M
- Jason SavageCleveland$735K
- Jerold GurleyCleveland$649K
- Scot MillerAkron$404K
- Paul EichenseerWesterville$369K
- Haariss IlyasCleveland$314K
- Jaideep ChunduriCincinnati$264K
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.