Ronak Desai, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Gahanna, OHNPI 1992061824
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.0%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 25.1% of the total.
Across 188 payments — averaging $110.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Cerapedics Inc.$3K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Biedermann Motech, Inc.$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$1K
- CDC Medical LLC$1K
- plus $5K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,2506%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5007%
- Travel & lodging$6,81233%
- Food & beverage$11,21554%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 63 | $5,216 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 5 | $3,379 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 24 | $2,721 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 17 | $2,160 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 18 | $1,376 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 7 | $1,104 |
| Osseus Fusion Systems, LLC | 4 | $1,057 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 6 | $716 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 5 | $689 |
| Arthrex | 12 | $581 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 12 | $537 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $361 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $208 |
| Stryker | 3 | $174 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 1 | $159 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $126 |
| Vertex | 1 | $106 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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$9,794
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,869
- XLIF$1,770
- Pulse$1,640
- MOSS VRS MIS Spinal System$1,250
- MOSS VRS Spinal System$716
- UNID_PASS$629
- aprevo$614
- MOSS100 Pedicle Screw System$530
- Telix K Interbody System$530
- PRODISC C VIVO$368
- iFuse Implant$288
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$242
- CellerateRx$208
- PASS-LP$159
- UNiD$159
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$151
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$143
- M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc$142
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$141
How this compares
$20,777 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th 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 | 51 | $1,755 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 161 | $1,251 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 170 | $924 |
| Gabapentin | 63 | $711 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 18 | $233 |
| Methylprednisolone | 39 | $205 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $147 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $141 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 15 | $140 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 14 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Gahanna
- Ashok BiyaniToledo$1.2M
- Jason SavageCleveland$735K
- Jerold GurleyCleveland$649K
- Scot MillerAkron$404K
- Paul EichenseerWesterville$369K
- Haariss IlyasCleveland$314K
- Jaideep ChunduriCincinnati$264K
- Selvon St ClairLima$168K
- Daryl SybertNew Albany$148K
- James FlemingChillicothe$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.