Physician profile

Richard Thunder

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · La Jolla, CA

NPI 1780602276

$3,856.49

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

11 companies · none reported in 2025

Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$934.40

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.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Globus Medical, INC. $2,399.43 2019-2024 Coalition, Preserve Tlif, Creo 5.5
Davol INC. $500.00 2022
Nuvasive, INC. $418.24 2019
Stryker Corporation $215.11 2019-2024 Triathlon
Biotissue Holdings INC. $134.74 2024
Pacira Therapeutics, INC. $58.93 2021
Smith+Nephew, INC. $43.43 2021
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. $42.60 2019-2020
Trevena, INC. $17.30 2021
Elevate Surgical Co $13.87 2022
Endo Pharmaceuticals INC. $12.84 2019

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Richard Thunder

$3,856.49

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2024
Top company
Globus Medical, INC.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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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.