Todd Albert
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · New York, NYNPI 1447297775
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,649,074 of the $2,743,752 with a category attached, or 96.5%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. at 52.9% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in NY 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 164 payments — averaging $16,730 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$1.5M
- Globus Medical$653K
- Zimmer Biomet$409K
- Zimvie Inc.$157K
- Highridge Medical LLC$54K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$10K
- plus $8K from 7 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $1196.00 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.
- Globus Medical$1K
Across 10 payments — averaging $23,503 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Augmedics Inc.$235K
- Innovative Surgical Designs, Inc.$0
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,649,07497%
- Consulting fees$78,5653%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,6200%
- Travel & lodging$5,0100%
- Food & beverage$6,4830%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 16 | $1,452,476 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 72 | $653,499 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 14 | $408,907 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 13 | $156,589 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 12 | $53,814 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 16 | $10,164 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $5,329 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $1,648 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 4 | $696 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 2 | $322 |
| Stryker | 2 | $164 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
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.
- EXPEDIUM$1,291,401
- EAGLE/SWIFT$1,140,356
- ACP$568,819
- Lineum Posterior Cervical$381,297
- Polaris Posterior Spinal System$381,297
- Solitaire$381,297
- Cypher Mis Screw System$381,297
- LINEUM OCT SPINE SYSTEM$115,783
- Spine System$62,362
- Polaris 4.75 Spinal System$50,225
- Pulse$10,171
- NVM5$9,396
- Lineum$9,089
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$4,620
- XLIF$2,763
- MISCELLANEOUS$2,718
- SYNAPSE$1,500
- SYMPHONY$1,500
- Xvision$1,395
- RELINE$1,110
How this compares
$2,743,752 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 161 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New York.
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Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in New York
- Frank SchwabNew York$5.1M
- Han KimNew York$3.9M
- Jeffrey SpivakNew York$1.3M
- Aaron BucklandNew York$1M
- Sheeraz QureshiNew York$828K
- Jeffrey GoldsteinNew York$765K
- Fabien BitanNew York$624K
- Oheneba Boachie-AdjeiNew York$313K
- Harvinder SandhuNew York$266K
- Federico GirardiNew York$144K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.