Vb Spine LLC: payments to clinicians
Vb Spine LLC's 2025 payments went to relatively few clinicians: $7,702,896 to 774, about $9,952 each. Most of it (72%) was royalties and licenses, then consulting fees (23%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine, Maryland) received $2,796,808.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,702,896 | 3,946 | 774 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John J. Carbone, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Baltimore, MD | $2,796,808 |
| 2 | Peter Owen Newton, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $351,012 |
| 3 | NPI 1053369918 | — | $335,289 | |
| 4 | Khaled M. Kebaish, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $197,190 |
| 5 | Christopher C. Harrod, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Baton Rouge, LA | $197,135 |
| 6 | Han Jo Kim, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | New York, NY | $196,934 |
| 7 | Pierce D. Nunley, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Shreveport, LA | $152,551 |
| 8 | John I. Williams, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Wayne, IN | $108,034 |
| 9 | Ashok Biyani, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Toledo, OH | $105,966 |
| 10 | Josef E. Gorek, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Oakland, CA | $96,150 |
| 11 | Peter Louis Bono, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Southfield, MI | $81,650 |
| 12 | Jeffrey S. Fischgrund, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Southfield, MI | $77,250 |
| 13 | Kornelis Poelstra, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Las Vegas, NV | $76,906 |
| 14 | Jason Wayne Savage, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $74,434 |
| 15 | Anthony P. Cucchi, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Orlando, FL | $68,140 |
| 16 | Robert Shay Bess, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Phoenix, AZ | $63,204 |
| 17 | Justin V. Bundy, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Augusta, GA | $62,094 |
| 18 | Faheem A . Sandhu, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Clinton, MD | $61,753 |
| 19 | George S. Miz, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Flossmoor, IL | $58,435 |
| 20 | Ronald C. Childs, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Mc Lean, VA | $51,356 |
| 21 | Neville Alleyne, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Oceanside, CA | $46,184 |
| 22 | Eric O. Klineberg, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Houston, TX | $45,740 |
| 23 | Alan H. Daniels, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | East Providence, RI | $43,403 |
| 24 | Douglas George Orndorff, M.D | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Albuquerque, NM | $43,382 |
| 25 | Darryl Lau, MD | Neurological Surgery | New York, NY | $42,585 |
| 26 | Hansen A. Yuan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Syracuse, NY | $41,961 |
| 27 | Andrew H. Milby, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Smyrna, GA | $41,187 |
| 28 | Richard Philip Menger, MD | Neurological Surgery | Mobile, AL | $39,492 |
| 29 | Michael S. Chang, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Mesa, AZ | $39,372 |
| 30 | Burt Yaszay, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Seattle, WA | $39,152 |
| 31 | Fred Mo, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Washington, DC | $38,528 |
| 32 | David Allen Essig, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | New York, NY | $38,519 |
| 33 | Richard Price III, M.D., PH.D. | Neurological Surgery | Sacramento, CA | $36,200 |
| 34 | Michael Schmitz, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $33,408 |
| 35 | Daniel Refai, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $33,349 |
| 36 | Ezequiel Hernan Cassinelli, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $33,129 |
| 37 | Haariss Ilyas, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Cleveland, OH | $31,839 |
| 38 | Robert Jeremy Rothrock, MD | Neurological Surgery | Coral Gables, FL | $31,315 |
| 39 | Karthik Hs Madhavan, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Cherry Hill, NJ | $31,247 |
| 40 | Gregory Michael Mundis Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | La Jolla, CA | $29,092 |
| 41 | William Ryan Spiker, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Salt Lake City, UT | $28,846 |
| 42 | Behrooz A. Akbarnia, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | La Jolla, CA | $28,630 |
| 43 | Suken A. Shah, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Wilmington, DE | $27,980 |
| 44 | John Mangan III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Blue Bell, PA | $27,519 |
| 45 | Payam Moazzaz, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Oceanside, CA | $27,157 |
| 46 | Matthew M. D'Ambrosio, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Moorestown, NJ | $27,044 |
| 47 | Christopher R. Good, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Reston, VA | $26,239 |
| 48 | Srinivas Kasinadhuni Prasad, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $26,052 |
| 49 | Wellington K. Hsu, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | $24,721 |
| 50 | John H. Chi, MD | Neurological Surgery | Boston, MA | $24,221 |
| 51 | Amit Rasikbhai Patel, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | York, PA | $24,091 |
| 52 | David Casper, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Philadelphia, PA | $23,446 |
| 53 | Joseph Leigh Ferguson, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Washington, DC | $22,691 |
| 54 | Amrit Singh Khalsa, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $21,788 |
| 55 | Alexander Butler, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | New York, NY | $21,045 |
| 56 | Matthew Joseph McGirt, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $21,042 |
| 57 | Alexander Antonios Theologis, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $21,007 |
| 58 | Seyed Babak Kalantar, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Washington, DC | $20,878 |
| 59 | Ashraf Nagi El Naga, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Seattle, WA | $20,505 |
| 60 | James Arthur Sanfilippo, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Moorestown, NJ | $19,695 |
| 61 | Rod J. Oskouian Jr., MD | Neurological Surgery | Seattle, WA | $19,546 |
| 62 | Chester E. Sutterlin III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Gainesville, FL | $19,540 |
| 63 | Robert Chase Stockton, D.O | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Wallingford, CT | $18,478 |
| 64 | Christian Paul Dipaola, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, NY | $18,387 |
| 65 | Mark C. Lee, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Kaneohe, HI | $18,308 |
| 66 | Marc Daniel Moisi, MD | Neurological Surgery | Detroit, MI | $18,305 |
| 67 | Alireza K. Anissipour, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Everett, WA | $18,210 |
| 68 | Ryan Edward Schnetzer, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Macon, GA | $17,908 |
| 69 | Ryan Peter Denhaese, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Williamsville, NY | $17,871 |
| 70 | Benny Dahl, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Houston, TX | $17,840 |
| 71 | Kirkham Berwick Wood, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Stanford, CA | $17,810 |
| 72 | Joshua Paul Herzog, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | North Chesterfield, VA | $17,592 |
| 73 | Brandon A. Ortega, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Long Beach, CA | $17,380 |
| 74 | Scott Ryan Fecteau, MD | Surgery | Hartford, CT | $17,302 |
| 75 | Francis John Hornicek Jr., MD PHD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Miami, FL | $16,943 |
| 76 | K Brandon Strenge, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Paducah, KY | $16,731 |
| 77 | Sanjay Kumar Khurana, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Marina Del Rey, CA | $16,731 |
| 78 | Darren R. Lebl, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $16,675 |
| 79 | Laurence D. Rhines, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Houston, TX | $16,552 |
| 80 | Michael Yung-Shun Wang, MD | Neurological Surgery | Miami, FL | $16,231 |
| 81 | Daniel G. Tobert, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Boston, MA | $16,040 |
| 82 | Choll Wan Kim, M.D., PH.D | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | San Diego, CA | $15,701 |
| 83 | Ehud Mendel, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | New Haven, CT | $15,604 |
| 84 | Jacob Maciej Buchowski, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Saint Louis, MO | $15,604 |
| 85 | Daniel Kwangwon Park, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | $15,144 |
| 86 | James Eugene Dowdell, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | New York, NY | $15,095 |
| 87 | Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | New York, NY | $15,025 |
| 88 | Joseph Raymond O'Brien, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Bethesda, MD | $14,934 |
| 89 | Thomas D. Cha, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bensalem, PA | $14,260 |
| 90 | Jessica Stark, MD | Neurological Surgery | Houston, TX | $14,000 |
| 91 | Taylor Paziuk | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Cleveland, OH | $13,540 |
| 92 | Pablo Diaz-Collado, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Boston, MA | $13,454 |
| 93 | Loubert Steven Suddaby, MD | Neurological Surgery | Hamburg, NY | $13,416 |
| 94 | Sunil P. Jeswani, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | San Diego, CA | $13,000 |
| 95 | Teck Mun Soo, MD | Neurological Surgery | Southfield, MI | $12,474 |
| 96 | Seth K. Williams, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Madison, WI | $12,456 |
| 97 | Hai V. Le, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Sacramento, CA | $12,425 |
| 98 | Michael Scott Champney, M.D. | Surgery | Decatur, GA | $12,321 |
| 99 | Matthew Wesley Colman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Chicago, IL | $12,157 |
| 100 | Paul S. Kim, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Fletcher, NC | $12,000 |
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