William Zelenty
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · New York, NYNPI 1831552173
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (47.0%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 28.7% of the total.
Across 105 payments — averaging $162.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Innovasis Inc$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$1K
- Suvon Surgical LLC$572
- plus $3K from 13 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $299.00 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Expanding Innovations, Inc.$299
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,77310%
- Travel & lodging$7,99447%
- Food & beverage$7,25243%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 36 | $4,888 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 15 | $3,025 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 14 | $2,632 |
| Innovasis Inc | 3 | $1,525 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 7 | $1,253 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 2 | $572 |
| Neo Spine USA, Inc. | 1 | $544 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 2 | $535 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $384 |
| Expanding Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $299 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $293 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $283 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 1 | $269 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 4 | $133 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $37 |
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.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$3,237
- Excelsius - GPS$1,385
- Teligen$895
- Neo Pedicle Screw System$544
- Other - Miscellaneous$514
- XLIF$334
- X-PAC$299
- Pulse$288
- MagnetOs$247
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$240
- TLIF$198
- DIVERGENCE-L ANTERIOR/OBLIQUE LUMBAR FUSION SYSTEM$194
- ACP$171
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$171
- MAKO$157
- MONTEREY AL$157
- Velys$148
- Archon$147
- OsteoStrand Plus$143
- TRITANIUM$122
How this compares
$17,019 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 161 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New York.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 33 | $603 |
| Gabapentin | 56 | $538 |
| Methylprednisolone | 70 | $508 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $374 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 17 | $203 |
| Meloxicam | 67 | $177 |
| Baclofen | 12 | $135 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 27 | $128 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 12 | $123 |
| Methocarbamol | 36 | $115 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 37 | $110 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 29 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in New York
- Frank SchwabNew York$5.1M
- Han KimNew York$3.9M
- Todd AlbertNew York$2.7M
- Jeffrey SpivakNew York$1.3M
- Aaron BucklandNew York$1M
- Sheeraz QureshiNew York$828K
- Jeffrey GoldsteinNew York$765K
- Fabien BitanNew York$624K
- Oheneba Boachie-AdjeiNew York$313K
- Harvinder SandhuNew York$266K
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.