Physician profile
Christopher D Summa
NPI 1669548640
$809,583.82
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
17 companies · $103K in 2025
The $103K reported for 2025 was more than what 92% 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: $112K · 2020: $91K · 2021: $190K · 2022: $97K · 2023: $112K · 2024: $104K · 2025: $103K.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Consulting Fee: $259K · Travel and Lodging: $37K · Royalty Or License: $18K · Food and Beverage: $5,173.
View as a table
| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $258,749.07 |
| Travel and Lodging | $37,222.55 |
| Royalty Or License | $18,117.85 |
| Food and Beverage | $5,172.97 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centinel Spine, LLC | $306,690.10 | 2019-2025 | Prodisc L, Prodisc C Vivo, Prodisc C Nova |
| Nuvasive, INC. | $223,112.03 | 2019-2023 | Xlif, Alif, Tlif |
| Providence Medical Technology, INC. | $101,523.20 | 2019-2025 | |
| Globus Medical, INC. | $66,281.73 | 2023-2025 | Xlif, Tlif, Alif |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, INC. | $52,956.37 | 2020-2025 | |
| Si-Bone, INC. | $28,245.64 | 2019-2022 | |
| Renovis Surgical Technologies, INC. | $20,633.28 | 2019 | |
| Nalu Medical, INC. | $3,667.00 | 2020 | |
| San Francisco Surgical Services, LLC | $3,112.00 | 2019 | |
| Alphatec Spine, INC | $1,290.26 | 2021-2022 | |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | $1,082.62 | 2019-2020 | |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $662.67 | 2019-2025 | Wavewriter Alpha Prime 16, General - Pain Management |
| Cook Medical LLC | $177.86 | 2025 | Zenith Spiral-Z |
| Curiteva, INC. | $61.81 | 2023 | |
| Titan Spine, LLC | $42.36 | 2019 |
Show all 17 companies
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic USA, INC. | $28.83 | 2019 | |
| Stryker Corporation | $16.06 | 2019 |
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
$30,499.00 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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- "Is there a generic or alternative to this medication, and would it work as well for me?"
- "What made you choose this particular treatment for my situation?"
These are normal questions. A good clinician will welcome them.
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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.