Toure Vashon, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1144789272
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (55.3%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 45.8% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $49,864.
Across 73 payments — averaging $91.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$690
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$402
- Si-bone, Inc.$390
- Zimmer Biomet$355
- plus $769 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,50022%
- Travel & lodging$1,49622%
- Food & beverage$3,70955%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 18 | $3,068 |
| Globus Medical | 18 | $1,029 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 4 | $690 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $402 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $390 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $355 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $244 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $180 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 5 | $102 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- INFUSE BONE GRAFT$1,500
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$714
- OPMI PENTERO 800$670
- Excelsius - GPS$285
- WaveForm TA$187
- BioBrace 23mm$180
- Persona$180
- Lattus$176
- Modulus$174
- INSTRUMENTS$173
- O-ARM$148
- ALIF$146
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$134
- XIA 3$122
How this compares
$6,705 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Arizona.
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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.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Scottsdale
- Todd DoerrScottsdale$614K
- Keven BurnsScottsdale$97K
- David PriorScottsdale$23K
- Michael Conti MicaScottsdale$19K
- Edward DohringScottsdale$16K
- Jonathan BoyceScottsdale$11K
- John CaleScottsdale$3K
- Justin FieldPhoenix$2.3M
- John HallFlagstaff$783K
- Nima SalariPhoenix$741K
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.