Stephen Hoge, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Shreveport, LANPI 1184010399
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.4%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Innovasis Inc accounts for 63.1% of it on its own, with 32 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $18,363 and has fallen 89.5% since, to $1,932 in 2025.
Across 173 payments — averaging $279.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Innovasis Inc$30K
- Globus Medical$9K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
- Stryker$1K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$426
- Medtronic$369
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,07529%
- Travel & lodging$26,26854%
- Food & beverage$7,93316%
- Other$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 |
|---|---|---|
| Innovasis Inc | 29 | $30,491 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 46 | $9,357 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $3,026 |
| Stryker | 30 | $1,478 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $426 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $369 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $317 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 2 | $263 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $246 |
| Zavation Medical Products, LLC | 2 | $244 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $234 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 4 | $220 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 2 | $214 |
| Zsfab, Inc. | 1 | $211 |
| Amgen | 5 | $166 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $119 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $113 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Spineguard, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $38 |
| Vertex | 2 | $34 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $25 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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$2,945
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$2,192
- Excelsius Robotics System$1,614
- ELSA$1,529
- XLIF$971
- Sable$878
- ELSA, ELSA AL/ATP$474
- Spine$392
- EXCELSIUS$347
- Trinity ELITE$292
- ACCOLADE$208
- TRAUMA$168
- MAKO$167
- Matrixx ALIF System$146
- Matrixx Cervical System$146
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$132
- Perla TL$132
- CURE ACP$131
- mild Device Kit$128
- AXSOS$123
How this compares
$48,301 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 29 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Louisiana.
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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 | 179 | $1,633 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 173 | $1,579 |
| Lidocaine | 14 | $1,245 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 57 | $924 |
| Pregabalin | 50 | $672 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 48 | $542 |
| Methocarbamol | 25 | $331 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 77 | $209 |
| Meloxicam | 68 | $101 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 18 | $47 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 17 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Shreveport
- Milan ModyShreveport$33K
- Mathew CyriacNew Orleans$368K
- Joseph ZavatskyMetairie$205K
- Lon BaronneLafayette$190K
- Alexis WaguespackMetairie$63K
- Charles YuNew Orleans$52K
- William AccoustiNew Orleans$46K
- Amit BhandutiaNew Orleans$39K
- Christopher CenacHouma$33K
- Michael CollinsMetairie$17K
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.