Wael Ghacham, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Corvallis, ORNPI 1700105988
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $37,200 of the $59,943 with a category attached, or 62.1%. Medtronic accounts for 88.0% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $43,649, more than ten times the $3,326 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 305 payments — averaging $196.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$53K
- Stryker$3K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$1K
- Left Coast Surgical Inc$676
- Arthrex$205
- plus $74 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$37,20062%
- Travel & lodging$15,76326%
- Food & beverage$6,98012%
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(2 entities) | 247 | $52,721 |
| Stryker | 22 | $3,497 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 16 | $1,764 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 11 | $1,008 |
| Left Coast Surgical Inc | 4 | $676 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $205 |
| Abbott | 1 | $56 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
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.
- SPACE-D SYSTEM 5.5/6.0 VOYAGER INSTRUMENT SET$8,506
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$5,698
- MESA$1,665
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,578
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$1,149
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,147
- O-ARM-ST$1,098
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,044
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$951
- CONSTRUX Mini PEEK Spacer System$822
- CONSTRUX Mini PTC Spacer System$822
- FORZA PEEK Spacer System$716
- FORZA PTC Spacer System$716
- InSWing$716
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$651
- CAPRI$459
- YUKON$459
- VLIFT$459
- SERRATO$459
- 7D Surgical System$414
How this compares
$59,943 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 228 orthopaedic surgery providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 43 | $298 |
| Gabapentin | 25 | $232 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 24 | $154 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 25 | $147 |
| Meloxicam | 13 | $70 |
| Methocarbamol | 13 | $45 |
| Prednisone | 18 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Corvallis
- Douglas BlatyCorvallis$36K
- Teigen GoodeillCorvallis$35K
- Nicholas TedescoCorvallis$33K
- Brian ScrivensCorvallis$24K
- Cay MierischCorvallis$14K
- Jacqueline KrumreyCorvallis$12K
- Jessica leCorvallis$9K
- Maxwell JigantiCorvallis$9K
- Patrick DenardMedford$11.5M
- James BallardOregon City$2.4M
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.