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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Centinel Spine, LLC

Centinel Spine, LLC reported $13,595,984.59 in payments to 858 physicians and teaching hospitals across 1,143 transactions.

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$13.6M
Total payments
1,143
Transactions
858
Recipients
−$109.1K
General Payments vs PY2023

Centinel Spine, LLC reported $13,595,984.59 in payments to 858 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #136 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.1% of all US industry payments), averaging $15.8K per recipient across 4 payment categories. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.

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Compiled from official public sources by the editorial team.

The verdict

Centinel Spine, LLC pairs top-10% payment volume with a broadly spread payment pattern across many recipients.

#136
of 1,925 companies
0.1%
of all US industry payments
0.1%
paid to its single top recipient
4
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Centinel Spine, LLC's CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $109.1K (−12.8%) from PY2023 to PY2024. The comparison uses the same CMS manufacturer-by-payment-category summary for both years and excludes research and ownership or investment records.

CMS source labels for this exact identifier: PY2022: CENTINEL SPINE, LLCPY2023: CENTINEL SPINE, LLCPY2024: Centinel Spine, LLC. Matching identifiers support a bounded record comparison; a label difference would be reported as unresolved rather than treated as a corporate event.

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General Payments: PY2023 vs PY2024

Annual CMS-reported totals for this company, not an all-category Open Payments total

PY2023$851.1KPY2024$742.0K
PY2023
$851,074.02
PY2024
$741,994.29

How Centinel Spine, LLC ranks nationally

Where this company's total reported payments fall within the full national distribution of all 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments, not just its nearest peers.

Centinel Spine, LLC's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$13,595,985 Top 7% higher than 93% of 1,925 reporting companies

$9–$28: 3 reporting companies (0%). Below this entry. $28–$87: 10 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $87–$270: 20 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $270–$838: 41 reporting companies (2%). Below this entry. $838–$2,603: 76 reporting companies (4%). Below this entry. $2,603–$8,084: 114 reporting companies (6%). Below this entry. $8,084–$25,112: 167 reporting companies (9%). Below this entry. $25,112–$78,003: 249 reporting companies (13%). Below this entry. $78,003–$242,294: 295 reporting companies (15%). Below this entry. $242,294–$752,621: 270 reporting companies (14%). Below this entry. $752,621–$2,337,813: 263 reporting companies (14%). Below this entry. $2,337,813–$7,261,783: 200 reporting companies (10%). Below this entry. $7,261,783–$22,556,757: 133 reporting companies (7%). This entry sits in this band. $22,556,757–$70,066,439: 45 reporting companies (2%). Above this entry. $70,066,439–$217,642,369: 26 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. $217,642,369–$676,046,922: 13 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. This company $9 $676,046,922 every reporting company, bucketed by value

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Source CMS Open Payments · 2024

What the Data Shows for Centinel Spine, LLC

Averaging $11.9K per transaction and $15.8K per recipient, Centinel Spine, LLC's Program Year 2024 total comes to $13,595,984.59 across 1,143 transactions and 858 physicians and teaching hospitals. In the CMS Open Payments database that is good for rank #136 of 1,925 companies, a comparatively small 0.1% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

"Consulting Fee" leads the 4-category general-payment breakdown below at $610.8K (4.5% of the company's reported total, 142 transactions) - see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately.

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Centinel Spine, LLC made 4 types of general payments. "Consulting Fee" is the largest category at $610.8K, 4.5% of the company's reported total.

How Centinel Spine, LLC divides its payments

How the reported total splits across payment categories

1. Consulting Fee$610.8K2. Travel and Lodging$80.3K3. Food and Beverage$44.1K4. Royalty or License$6.8K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Consulting Fee $610.8K 142
Travel and Lodging $80.3K 206
Food and Beverage $44.1K 507
Royalty or License $6.8K 3

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $321,537.42 (43.3%) of $741,994.29 in this company's General Payments records across 379 recipients. This is a CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 General Payments view only: it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it is not the all-category company total above.

Largest General-Payment relationships for Centinel Spine, LLC

The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company

Jack E Zigler$101.3KScott Lawrence Blumenthal$67.3KChristopher Summa$63.7KEhsan Jazini$44.6KRichard Don Guyer$44.5K
  1. 1

    Jack E Zigler

    $101,291.20 across 32 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Scott Lawrence Blumenthal

    $67,347.28 across 17 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Christopher Summa

    $63,747.97 across 19 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Ehsan Jazini

    $44,635.76 across 14 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Richard Don Guyer

    $44,515.21 across 25 reported transactions

Compare this company's payment profile with similarly sized manufacturers in the company comparison tool, and consult the methodology for the CMS source scope.

Payment Size Analysis

Average transaction size: $11.9K. Average per recipient: $15.8K.

Total Amount

$13,595,984.59

Avg per Transaction

$11.9K

Avg per Recipient

$15.8K

Payment Transparency Context

What is the Sunshine Act?

The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments can include consulting fees, research grants, speaker fees, food and beverages, travel, royalties, and other forms of compensation.

Industry Total (2024)

$13.9B

across 1,925 companies

Centinel Spine, LLC Share

0.1%

#136 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Centinel Spine, LLC pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
0.1% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments for 2024 came from Centinel Spine, LLC, totaling $13,595,984.59 across 1,143 transactions to physicians and hospitals.
How many physicians received payments from Centinel Spine, LLC? ▾
Centinel Spine, LLC made payments to 858 physicians and teaching hospitals in 2024. The average payment per recipient was $15.8K.
What types of payments did Centinel Spine, LLC make? ▾
General payments from Centinel Spine, LLC span 4 distinct categories, covering things like consulting, meals, and travel. The largest general-payment category was "Consulting Fee" at $610.8K, representing 4.5% of the company's reported total.
How does Centinel Spine, LLC rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Centinel Spine, LLC ranks #136 out of 1,925 companies by total payment amount in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Centinel Spine, LLC? ▾
The average transaction from Centinel Spine, LLC was $11.9K in 2024. The company made 1,143 total transactions to 858 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Centinel Spine, LLC come from? ▾
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (Sunshine Act), which requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data covers Program Year 2024.

Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Total industry payments: $13.9B across 1,925 companies.

Data sourced from CMS Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act). See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPharmaWatch Editorial
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