Vadim Goz, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Reno, NVNPI 1053739003
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 42.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,656, more than ten times the $78 reported in 2019.
Across 136 payments — averaging $186.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$11K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$8K
- Camber Spine Technologies LLC$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Medtronic$434
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$307
- plus $905 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$3071%
- Consulting fees$11,00043%
- Travel & lodging$9,65238%
- Food & beverage$4,34417%
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) | 44 | $10,618 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 28 | $8,341 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 12 | $3,144 |
| Stryker | 21 | $1,554 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $434 |
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 1 | $307 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $266 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $163 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 2 | $142 |
| Abbott | 2 | $110 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $89 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $57 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $38 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Nevro Corp. | 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.
- MARS$7,150
- Other - Miscellaneous$4,904
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,239
- XLIF$953
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$585
- Excelsius - GPS$573
- Excelsius Robotics System$435
- Spira$307
- LIF$250
- Arsenal Degenerative$158
- MaXcess$148
How this compares
$25,304 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 30 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Nevada.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 80 | $874 |
| Methylprednisolone | 47 | $306 |
| Meloxicam | 74 | $142 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 20 | $104 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Reno
- John HalkiReno$129K
- David SingReno$109K
- James RappaportReno$12K
- James OlsonReno$755
- Phelps KipReno$96
- Kornelis PoelstraLas Vegas$2.2M
- George ElkanichLas Vegas$322K
- John ThalgottLas Vegas$320K
- Kevin SharifHenderson$262K
- Mark KabinsLas Vegas$118K
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.