Scott Russo, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1942298369
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $25,350 of the $37,253 with a category attached, or 68.0%. Medtronic accounts for 90.0% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $31,288 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $184 in 2024.
Across 178 payments — averaging $209.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$34K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$235
- Stryker$76
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$12
Across 6 payments — averaging $14,832 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.
- Pfizer$89K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$25,35068%
- Grants$190%
- Travel & lodging$6,74818%
- Food & beverage$5,11214%
- Education$250%
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) | 158 | $33,524 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $3,407 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 5 | $235 |
| Stryker | 1 | $76 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- CD HORIZON$29,801
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$606
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$282
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$161
- O-ARM-Spine$159
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$107
- UNID_PASS$102
How this compares
$37,253 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 37 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Michigan.
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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 Grand Rapids
- Joseph BrownGrand Rapids$565K
- Matthew KarekGrand Rapids$90K
- Kenneth EastonGrand Rapids$30K
- Jeffrey ChoiGrand Rapids$8K
- Jason SquiresGrand Rapids$6K
- James StubbartGrand Rapids$2K
- Peter BonoSouthfield$786K
- Nilesh PatelDearborn$449K
- Michael KastenKalamazoo$261K
- John LamacchiaRochester$179K
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.