Syed Mehdi, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lexington, KYNPI 1295266245
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.8%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.0%. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,609, more than ten times the $245 reported in 2020.
Across 305 payments — averaging $129.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$8K
- Globus Medical$7K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- plus $11K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,40016%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1050%
- Travel & lodging$19,62650%
- Food & beverage$13,26234%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 7 | $8,290 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 56 | $6,677 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 29 | $3,882 |
| Medtronic | 52 | $3,471 |
| Arthrex | 30 | $3,242 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 18 | $2,875 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 20 | $2,486 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 26 | $2,412 |
| Enduromed, LLC | 10 | $2,215 |
| Stryker | 18 | $1,386 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $788 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $265 |
| Evolution Spine, LLC | 1 | $166 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $163 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $158 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 3 | $153 |
| Adcura, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $146 |
| True North Surgical Inc | 4 | $137 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Amgen | 2 | $38 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 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.
- MagnetOs$8,122
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$2,102
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$2,047
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$1,447
- Expedium VERSE$1,326
- Sable$1,248
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$703
- DIVERGENCE-L ANTERIOR/OBLIQUE LUMBAR FUSION SYSTEM$656
- MEDTRONIC REUSABLE INSTRUMENTS$529
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$502
- ELSA$443
- XLIF$373
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$322
- TLIF$286
- CONDUIT$284
- N/A$258
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$219
- Integrated ALIF System$166
- Sagittae$151
- ARTHREX$150
How this compares
$39,393 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 322 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 96 | $937 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 48 | $507 |
| Gabapentin | 31 | $424 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 30 | $350 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $124 |
| Meloxicam | 63 | $124 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lexington
- Brent MorrisLexington$815K
- Paul MatuszewskiLexington$370K
- Christian ChristensenLexington$207K
- Kaveh SajadiLexington$195K
- Daniel HackettLexington$104K
- Victor MarwinLexington$86K
- Kevin DenehyLexington$85K
- Camden BurnsLexington$62K
- Srinath KamineniLexington$44K
- Graysen Petersen-FittsLexington$38K
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.