Thomas Sweeney
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Sarasota, FLNPI 1336138239
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by ownership interests: $1,458,213 of the $2,284,166 with a category attached, or 63.8%. Celtic Biodevices LLC accounts for 77.4% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $715,007 and has fallen 94.5% since, to $39,040 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in FL 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 65 payments — averaging $35,141 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Celtic Biodevices LLC$1.8M
- Captiva Spine Inc$410K
- Globus Medical$104K
- Arthrex$2K
- Ortho Development Corporation$905
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$207
- plus $42 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$515,02723%
- Consulting fees$309,04014%
- Food & beverage$3700%
- Education$1,5160%
- Ownership interest$1,458,21364%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celtic Biodevices LLC | 7 | $1,767,253 |
| Captiva Spine Inc | 22 | $409,934 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 20 | $104,280 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $1,546 |
| Ortho Development Corporation | 9 | $905 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 3 | $207 |
| Nexus Spine, LLC | 1 | $42 |
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.
- Medyssey Artemis screw system$1,767,253
- Pivotec$409,925
- XLIF$95,195
- Brigade$8,891
- Envision$604
- Pulse$194
- Illico FS$103
How this compares
$2,284,166 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 159 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Florida.
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Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Sarasota
- Ngoc-Lam NguyenSarasota$346K
- Ashvin PatelSarasota$79K
- Harry ShufflebargerMiami$3.5M
- Paul KellerMelbourne$3.4M
- Geoffrey CronenTampa$2.2M
- James BillysOdessa$1.9M
- Mark DekutoskiDestin$1.8M
- Farhan SiddiqiOdessa$1.7M
- Samuel JosephSafety Harbor$1.7M
- Thomas ErricoMiami$1.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.