Scott Blumenthal, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Plano, TXNPI 1912946831
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $542,141 of the $832,713 with a category attached, or 65.1%. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC at 38.8% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in TX 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 564 payments — averaging $1476.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$323K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$167K
- Neo Spine USA, Inc.$91K
- Globus Medical$79K
- Degen Medical, Inc.$51K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$44K
- plus $78K from 29 others
Across 32 payments — averaging $5598.61 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.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$178K
- Globus Medical$665
Across 7 payments — averaging $7142.86 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Centinel Spine, LLC$50K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$55,0467%
- Consulting fees$542,14165%
- Speaking & faculty fees$131,92516%
- Travel & lodging$77,1739%
- Food & beverage$26,4293%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 209 | $323,394 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 65 | $166,511 |
| Neo Spine USA, Inc. | 58 | $91,106 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 67 | $78,940 |
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 35 | $51,424 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 44 | $43,749 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 10 | $26,354 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 10 | $19,503 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 7 | $11,766 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $7,093 |
| Baylis Medical Technologies Inc. | 4 | $6,050 |
| Aesculap Chifa Sp. Z O. O. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 4 | $1,280 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $414 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $404 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 4 | $399 |
| VB Spine LLC | 2 | $265 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $264 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $228 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $203 |
| Atlas Spine, Inc. | 2 | $201 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 2 | $190 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $175 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 1 | $136 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 2 | $117 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $117 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| B. Braun Australia Pty. Ltd. | 1 | $83 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $31 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Nanovis LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ACTIVL$152,470
- ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC$118,520
- Neo Pedicle Screw System$89,779
- PRODISC L$85,717
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$72,074
- PRODISC C$57,064
- M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc$42,584
- SOLAR$27,000
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$23,300
- NONE$20,097
- ARCADIUS C$18,027
- coflex$16,947
- PRODISC C SK$15,127
- ARCADIUS XP C$13,038
- Anchor Knot$10,650
- ALIF$7,279
- PRODISC C VIVO$6,916
- Connected Health-MyMobility$5,225
- Vital$2,600
- ALLOGRAFT$2,288
How this compares
$832,713 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
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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.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Plano
- Michael ObrienPlano$1M
- Richard GuyerPlano$758K
- Ralph RashbaumPlano$616K
- Mark ValentePlano$411K
- Jessica ShellockPlano$264K
- Anthony OwusuPlano$149K
- Kendall CarllPlano$138K
- Alexander SatinPlano$83K
- Renato BositaPlano$51K
- Randall DryerAustin$2.9M
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.