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Spine Wave, Inc. vs Vertos Medical, Inc.

Side-by-side comparison of CMS Open Payments data for Program Year 2024. Select different companies below to start a new comparison.

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Which recorded payment profile is more concentrated?

Spine Wave, Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 775, versus 142 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 20.9% of that company's General Payments recipient total.

HHI summarizes how payments are distributed across recorded recipients: higher means a less evenly distributed recipient pattern. This is a description of CMS-reported General Payments only, not a finding about conduct, prescribing, quality, or wrongdoing. Read it with the recipient count and underlying records below.

Spine Wave, Inc.
HHI 775 · top recipient 20.9%
Ranked #1,135 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Vertos Medical, Inc.
HHI 142 · top recipient 6.3%
Ranked #1,630 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Company A

Spine Wave, Inc.

Total Payments
$825.7K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
514
Avg per Transaction
$1.6K
Recipients
509
Avg per Recipient
$1.6K
Payment Types
4
Top Payment Type
Royalty or License
Total Payments
$836.6K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
6,723
Avg per Transaction
$124.44
Recipients
6,652
Avg per Recipient
$125.76
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Spine Wave, Inc. vs Vertos Medical, Inc. - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Vertos Medical, Inc.$836.6KSpine Wave, Inc.$825.7K

General Payment Types Breakdown

Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.

Spine Wave, Inc.

Royalty or License $161.8K

49.6%

Consulting Fee $137.4K

42.1%

Food and Beverage $24.3K

7.4%

Travel and Lodging $3.0K

0.9%

Vertos Medical, Inc.

Consulting Fee $382.3K

48.0%

Food and Beverage $309.0K

38.8%

Travel and Lodging $104.9K

13.2%

Top 5 General-Payment Recipients

This list uses CMS detailed General Payments records only; it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it does not equal the all-category totals above. A reported payment documents a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing; a higher total reflects reporting volume, not conduct. Verify directly at openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Spine Wave, Inc.

  1. 1

    Tim Eugene Adamson

    $68,327.81 · 18 txns

  2. 2

    Domagoj Coric

    $38,428.55 · 18 txns

  3. 3

    Andrew P White

    $21,143.97 · 7 txns

  4. 4

    Fred Mo

    $20,120.01 · 7 txns

  5. 5

    Babajide A Ogunseinde

    $16,924.01 · 15 txns

Vertos Medical, Inc.

  1. 1

    Jason Douglas Williams

    $50,497.69 · 65 txns

  2. 2

    Peter G Pryzbylkowski

    $33,892.07 · 30 txns

  3. 3

    Stanley Golovac

    $30,042.51 · 45 txns

  4. 4

    Harry P Sukumaran

    $23,620.79 · 30 txns

  5. 5

    Timothy Brent Chafin

    $19,630.76 · 36 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Spine Wave, Inc. Vertos Medical, Inc.
Total Payments $825.7K $836.6K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 514 6,723
Avg per Transaction $1.6K $124.44
Recipient Count 509 6,652
Avg per Recipient $1.6K $125.76
Payment Type Count 4 3
Top Payment Type Royalty or License Consulting Fee

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. All companies in the CMS Open Payments company corpus are available in the selector. Browse all companies →

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