Timothy Peppers, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Encinitas, CANPI 1437241981
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,349 of the $5,530 with a category attached, or 60.6%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Innovasis Inc at 52.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,884 and has fallen 91.6% since, to $244 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $17,657.
Across 34 payments — averaging $162.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Innovasis Inc$3K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$582
- Medtronic$181
- Carlsmed, Inc.$145
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$114
- plus $259 from 6 others
Across 28 payments — averaging $15,536 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$434K
- Axiomed LLC$1K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$55010%
- Travel & lodging$3,34961%
- Food & beverage$1,63129%
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 | 5 | $2,899 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 11 | $1,351 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 6 | $582 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $181 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Benvenue Medical Inc | 2 | $114 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $53 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $28 |
| Neo Spine USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
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.
- M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc$651
- PRODISC L$518
- BLACKSTONE PILLAR XL PEEK SPACERS$358
- aprevo$145
- Medical Device$114
- NAVLOCK$109
How this compares
$5,530 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 288 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 54 | $747 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 20 | $290 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 26 | $178 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Encinitas
- Hyun BaeSanta Monica$56.8M
- Choll KimSan Diego$4M
- Stacey BedermanOrange$3.7M
- Gregory Mundisla Jolla$3.3M
- Paul SlosarDaly City$3.1M
- Babak Barcohanavan Nuys$2.9M
- Neelakantan AnandLos Angeles$2.9M
- Sanjay KhuranaMarina del Rey$2.3M
- Neville AlleyneOceanside$2.2M
- Rick DelamarterSanta Monica$2.2M
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.