Todd Lanman
Beverly Hills, CANPI 1467506220
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $121,925 of the $161,860 with a category attached, or 75.3%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Choice Spine, LLC at 56.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $43,272 and has fallen 66.8% since, to $14,353 in 2025.
Across 106 payments — averaging $1526.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Choice Spine, LLC$92K
- Stryker$31K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$17K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$13K
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$4K
- Medtronic$4K
- plus $1K from 11 others
Across 57 payments — averaging $11,856 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.$331K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$327K
- Medtronic$18K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$121,92575%
- Consulting fees$16,92510%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,7002%
- Travel & lodging$16,60010%
- Food & beverage$3,7112%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Choice Spine, LLC | 13 | $91,543 |
| Stryker | 15 | $31,100 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 25 | $17,477 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 11 | $13,003 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 3 | $3,653 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $3,617 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 2 | $401 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $325 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 3 | $219 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 11 | $218 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $144 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $41 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Amgen | 1 | $23 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Harrier SA Lumbar Interbody System$55,308
- Harrier SA$36,188
- ALIF PLATE$19,014
- PRODISC L$15,892
- M6-C$12,822
- LITE PLATE SYSTEM$12,070
- ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC$3,600
- PRESTIGE$2,700
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$975
- PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM$750
- PRODISC C$468
- SCARLET AC-T$401
- PRODISC C VIVO$375
- NEWBRIDGE$297
- PILLAR SA$146
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $448 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $136 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.