Tomas Kuprys, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Lawrenceville, GANPI 1295034551
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Globus Medical accounts for 68.8% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,430 and has fallen 81.5% since, to $265 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $16,983.
Across 30 payments — averaging $76.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$388
- Medtronic$90
- Spine Wave, Inc.$48
- Nexxt Spine LLC$32
- Boston Scientific$28
- plus $131 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,10748%
- Food & beverage$1,19052%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 13 | $1,580 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 3 | $388 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $90 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $28 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ALIF$1,033
- XLIF$156
- INVICTUS OPEN$133
- IdentiTi$133
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$124
- MaXcess$100
How this compares
$2,297 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 57 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Georgia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 63 | $131 |
| Gabapentin | 28 | $114 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 31 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Lawrenceville
- Edward MiddlebrooksLawrenceville$17K
- John HellerAtlanta$4.2M
- Scott BodenAtlanta$1.5M
- Justin BundyAugusta$1.4M
- John RheeAtlanta$1.1M
- Tapan DaftariAustell$759K
- Brad PrybisStockbridge$659K
- Paul JeffordsAtlanta$651K
- Raphael RoybalSavannah$400K
- Hewatt SimsDouglas$376K
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.