Stephen Malone, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Dover, DENPI 1356377204
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 140 payments — averaging $39.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$653
- Medtronic$403
- Globus Medical$356
- Stryker$326
- Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC$310
- plus $2K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,15939%
- Food & beverage$3,33161%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 21 | $1,569 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 5 | $653 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $403 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $356 |
| Stryker | 16 | $326 |
| Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC | 1 | $310 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $297 |
| Abbott | 13 | $234 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 3 | $209 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $108 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $108 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $75 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $58 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 4 | $53 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $47 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $42 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $28 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $26 |
| Vertex | 1 | $25 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Amgen | 1 | $23 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $23 |
| Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Synergy Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Amplify Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Excelsius - GPS$307
- LIF$161
- SafeOp$161
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$144
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Delawareto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 60 | $1,000 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 36 | $260 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 47 | $155 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $128 |
| Naproxen | 13 | $107 |
| Lorazepam | 11 | $5 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Dover
- Mark EskanderWilmington$220K
- Kalin FisherNewark$30K
- Nicholas MinissaleLewes$9K
- William PfaffRehoboth Beach$4K
- James ZaslavskyNewark$1K
- Bruce RudinNewark$814
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.