Physician profile
Wayne K Cheng
NPI 1699704023
$286,984.81
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
51 companies · $18K in 2025
The $18K reported for 2025 was more than what 78% of Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $2,116).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $14K · 2020: $28K · 2021: $32K · 2022: $146K · 2023: $28K · 2024: $20K · 2025: $18K.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Consulting Fee: $27K · Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program: $18K · Acquisitions: $9,791 · Food and Beverage: $6,336 · Travel and Lodging: $5,069 · Education: $15.92.
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| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $26,658.38 |
| Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program | $18,350.00 |
| Acquisitions | $9,790.59 |
| Food and Beverage | $6,335.96 |
| Travel and Lodging | $5,069.31 |
| Education | $15.92 |
Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.
Who reported paying
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, INC. | $143,282.83 | 2019-2023 | Fibulink |
| Medtronic, INC. | $98,949.45 | 2021-2025 | Anteralign Spinal System With Titan Nanolock Surface Technology, Pivox Oblique Lateral Spinal System, Cd Horizon Spinal System |
| Medtronic USA, INC. | $16,269.43 | 2019-2020 | |
| Orthofix Medical, INC. | $15,533.95 | 2020-2023 | |
| Radius Health, INC. | $5,236.54 | 2019-2023 | |
| Abbott Laboratories | $2,265.82 | 2019-2025 | Proclaim, Eterna |
| Amgen INC. | $1,138.64 | 2019-2025 | Evenity, Prolia |
| Depuy Synthes Sales INC. | $733.61 | 2019-2021 | |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $593.82 | 2021-2025 | General - Pain Management, Wavewriter Alpha Prime 16 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | $440.86 | 2022-2023 | Ha Minuteman G3-R |
| Globus Medical, INC. | $299.81 | 2021-2023 | Excelsiusgps Robotic Navigation System |
| Si-Bone, INC. | $203.49 | 2019-2025 | |
| Nuvasive, INC. | $171.72 | 2019-2020 | |
| Trevena, INC. | $165.67 | 2021-2022 | |
| Aesculap, INC. | $149.06 | 2025 | Neuro-Patch |
Show all 49 companies
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebi, LLC | $138.25 | 2025 | Biomet Spinalpak Non-Invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System |
| Vertiflex, INC. | $124.54 | 2019 | |
| Medtronic Vascular, INC. | $87.66 | 2020 | |
| Abbvie INC. | $87.26 | 2023-2024 | Dalvance |
| Smith+Nephew, INC. | $78.44 | 2021-2023 | Renasys Go V2 Home, Pico |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. | $68.43 | 2019-2020 | |
| Bioventus LLC | $67.09 | 2024 | Bonescalpel & Sonicone (O.R.) |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, INC. | $65.40 | 2021 | |
| Prosidyan, INC | $63.00 | 2021 | |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $58.69 | 2021-2023 | Stratafix, Surgiflo Hemostatic Matrix, Dermabond Prineo |
| Baxter Healthcare | $56.18 | 2021-2023 | Floseal |
| Djo, LLC | $54.76 | 2019-2020 | |
| Providence Medical Technology, INC. | $53.07 | 2024 | |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | $47.94 | 2025 | Prodisc C Vivo |
| Solventum Corporation | $43.29 | 2024 | Prevena |
| Augmedics INC. | $40.01 | 2023 | Xvision |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $39.24 | 2020-2023 | Exparel |
| Stryker Corporation | $39.20 | 2019 | |
| Cerapedics INC. | $38.09 | 2022 | |
| Nevro Corp. | $37.71 | 2024 | Senza |
| Kci USA, INC. | $25.40 | 2023 | Activ.A.C., V.A.C. Dermatac, Promogran Prisma |
| Biotissue Holdings INC. | $24.51 | 2022 | |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | $24.33 | 2025 | Hemosphere |
| Nalu Medical, INC. | $23.57 | 2023 | Nalu Neurostimulation System |
| Relievant Medsystems, INC. | $22.50 | 2021 | |
| Convatec INC. | $20.62 | 2022 | |
| Zimvie INC. | $19.82 | 2022 | |
| Spineart USA INC | $19.15 | 2019 | |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | $18.75 | 2023 | Barricaid Acd (Annular Closure Device) |
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, INC | $14.53 | 2025 | Rs-4i Plus With Intersperse |
| Wenzel Spine, INC. | $12.97 | 2021 | |
| Spineology INC. | $12.34 | 2019 | |
| Alvogen INC | $12.11 | 2022 | |
| Alexion Pharmaceuticals, INC. | $11.26 | 2019 |
2 companies reported research payments only; those appear in the research section below.
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
Research and ownership
$200,000.00 in ownership or investment interests, as reported to CMS. These are holdings a clinician or an immediate family member has in a company, not payments received.
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.