Vidyadhar Upasani
Orthopaedic Surgery · San Diego, CANPI 1548417652
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 254 payments — averaging $896.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$111K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$86K
- Globus Medical$15K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$7K
- Arthrex$2K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$2K
- plus $5K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$62,44927%
- Consulting fees$137,75960%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,2133%
- Travel & lodging$9,3234%
- Food & beverage$9,8024%
- Education$1,2001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 88 | $110,957 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 64 | $86,127 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 14 | $14,944 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $7,200 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $1,754 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $1,545 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $1,405 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 33 | $1,237 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 3 | $517 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $500 |
| Stryker | 5 | $457 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $259 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 3 | $229 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 3 | $188 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 4 | $159 |
| Wishbone Medical Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Orthogrid Systems Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Elevate Surgical Co | 1 | $21 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, 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.
- EXPEDIUM$43,177
- Rod Link Reducer$11,638
- Orthopediatric Implants$8,388
- EXPAREL$7,200
- Iovera$960
- Zilretta$960
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$749
- Excelsius - GPS$354
- RELINE$328
- MOSS VRS Spinal System$326
- The Tether$310
- CONDUIT$206
- N/A$171
- UNID_PASS$162
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$160
- MOSS100 Pedicle Screw System$147
- TFN ADVANCED$144
- BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS$144
- CANNULATED SCREWS$144
- Mariner$131
How this compares
$227,745 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,808 orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
Other orthopaedic surgery in San Diego
- Peter NewtonSan Diego$7M
- Joseph JankiewiczSan Diego$2.6M
- Mark McBrideSan Diego$2.6M
- Bradford HackArcadia$18.3M
- Robert GorabOrange$14.5M
- Kelly VinceLos Angeles$9.6M
- Stephen HowellSacramento$9.4M
- Thomas CoonRed Bluff$9.2M
- Nirav AminPlacentia$5.8M
- Tom NorrisSan Francisco$5.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.