Seyed Kalantar, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Washington, DCNPI 1801049721
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $567,112 of the $886,072 with a category attached, or 64.0%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Innovasis Inc at 48.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $223,105 and has fallen 59.9% since, to $89,401 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in DC 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 514 payments — averaging $1723.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Innovasis Inc$430K
- Globus Medical$221K
- Precision Spine, Inc.$72K
- Stryker$63K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$38K
- VB Spine LLC$21K
- plus $42K from 22 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $21,058 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Restor3d, Inc.$21K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$211,43524%
- Consulting fees$567,11264%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,8852%
- Travel & lodging$63,5787%
- Food & beverage$19,3682%
- Gifts$440%
- Entertainment$2,6500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Innovasis Inc | 93 | $429,594 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 160 | $220,999 |
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 10 | $72,147 |
| Stryker | 100 | $63,397 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 35 | $37,545 |
| VB Spine LLC | 15 | $20,878 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 10 | $14,500 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 20 | $9,505 |
| 4web, Inc. | 13 | $7,102 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 11 | $3,885 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $2,267 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 14 | $1,863 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $599 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 1 | $573 |
| Abbott | 2 | $184 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $148 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 2 | $142 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $125 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $120 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $8 |
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.
- Modulus$156,058
- Reform HA Coated Screws$53,953
- XLIF$36,641
- Other - Miscellaneous$34,366
- TLIF$31,354
- Reform HA Coated$18,194
- Reform Poct$18,194
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$13,325
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$13,086
- AIRO$12,350
- Fibrinet$8,965
- Pulse$8,746
- Vulcan Spinal System$7,475
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$6,871
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$6,245
- 1688$5,850
- Excelsius - GPS$5,113
- Spinal Implants$3,600
- CANYON RETRACTOR SYSTEMS$3,250
- AVS NAVIGATOR$1,950
How this compares
$886,072 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 46 orthopaedic surgery providers in District of Columbia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 11 | $178 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $81 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Washington
- Akhil KhannaWashington$2.1M
- Scott FaucettWashington$610K
- David LuttonWashington$375K
- Savyasachi ThakkarWashington$216K
- Joseph FergusonWashington$84K
- Robert SterlingWashington$38K
- Ryan MurrayWashington$32K
- Robert HenshawWashington$24K
- Sandesh RaoWashington$21K
- James DebritzWashington$14K
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.