Sina Pourtaheri, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Paterson, NJNPI 1306153572
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $16,874 of the $26,764 with a category attached, or 63.0%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 46.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $12,322 and has fallen 64.5% since, to $4,372 in 2025.
Across 148 payments — averaging $180.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$12K
- Spineart USA Inc$5K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Zimvie Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$954
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$16,87463%
- Food & beverage$9,89037%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 39 | $12,417 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 13 | $5,412 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 18 | $2,346 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 9 | $1,906 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $1,179 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 8 | $954 |
| Abbott | 5 | $398 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $392 |
| Amgen | 5 | $262 |
| Stryker | 4 | $256 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $205 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $177 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 2 | $159 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 7 | $119 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $107 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $104 |
| Spineart SA | 1 | $49 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $45 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $28 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$10,132
- PERLA C$3,619
- Mobi-C$1,679
- Perla TL$1,140
- INDEPENDENCE$677
- Spine$674
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$513
- Scarlet AL-T$495
- ETERNA$276
- EVENITY$227
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$175
- iFuse Implant$148
- Excelsius - GPS$145
- 3D Printed IBF$144
- BIOLOGICS$130
- RISE-L$125
- CREO Deformity$125
- PRODISC C VIVO$113
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$107
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$107
How this compares
$26,764 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 84 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New Jersey.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 704 | $4,680 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 134 | $2,772 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 162 | $2,758 |
| Pregabalin | 175 | $2,505 |
| Calcitonin-SalmonCalcitonin,salmon,synthetic | 36 | $1,846 |
| Methocarbamol | 91 | $1,105 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 139 | $1,010 |
| CeftriaxoneCeftriaxone Sodium | 13 | $696 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 28 | $532 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 36 | $340 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $160 |
| Cephalexin | 18 | $154 |
| Meloxicam | 39 | $132 |
| Baclofen | 11 | $113 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 19 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Paterson
- Kristen RadcliffSomers Point$390K
- James SanfilippoMoorestown$380K
- Justin KubeckToms River$309K
- Ramil BhatnagarManasquan$301K
- Jason LowensteinMorristown$294K
- Steven KirshnerMarlton$226K
- Gordon DonaldEatontown$167K
- Grigory GoldbergOcean$161K
- Ki HwangWayne$147K
- James HaleTeaneck$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.