Zan Naseer, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1184152878
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (53.3%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 24.3% of the total.
Across 73 payments — averaging $224.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$4K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
- Cerapedics Inc.$3K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$765
- plus $2K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,40015%
- Travel & lodging$8,73253%
- Food & beverage$3,84723%
- Education$1,4159%
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 | 24 | $3,992 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $3,489 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 3 | $3,187 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 12 | $2,203 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $1,096 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 6 | $765 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 5 | $749 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $348 |
| Circinus Medical Technology LLC | 1 | $200 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $119 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $48 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $39 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,439
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$3,159
- NorthStar$1,907
- N/A$1,424
- Mariner MIS$1,304
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$967
- ProLift$656
- Excelsius - GPS$390
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$265
- Bolt Navigation$200
- RELINE$166
- STRYKER NAV3I$160
- TRITANIUM$160
- BIO4$160
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$160
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$159
- VTAMA$158
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$129
- MAKO$112
How this compares
$16,394 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 49 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Maryland.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 48 | $192 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Baltimore
- John CarboneBaltimore$25M
- Steven LudwigBaltimore$2.7M
- Paul McAfeeBaltimore$2.2M
- Amit JainBaltimore$250K
- Mesfin LemmaBaltimore$47K
- Daniel GelbBaltimore$40K
- Charles EdwardsBaltimore$17K
- Maksim ShlykovBaltimore$14K
- Syed KarimBaltimore$12K
- David FalkBaltimore$10K
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.